 | 1831 - 222 Seiten
...fire into which it has fallen ; — but urge me not to use moderation in a cause like the present. I am in earnest — I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — AND i WILL ЕЕ HEARD. The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal,... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - 1839 - 52 Seiten
...but is there not cause for severity ? I mil be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. I am in earnest — I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — AND 1 WILL BE HEAR». The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue THE MARTYR AOfE OF... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - 1839 - 94 Seiten
...but is there not cause for severity ! I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. I am in earnest — I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — AND I WILL BE HEARD. The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal,... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - 1840 - 76 Seiten
...but is there not cause for severity ? I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. I am in earnest — I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — AND I WILL BE HEARD. The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal,... | |
 | 1844 - 888 Seiten
...profound and far-reaching was the sagacity of DANIEL WEBSTER ! Remember who it was that said, in 1831, " I am in earnest — I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — and I will be heard! " (Repeated cheers.) That speaker has lived twentytwo years, and the complaint... | |
 | Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society - 1851 - 374 Seiten
...profound and far-reaching was the sagacity of DANIEL WEBSTER ! Remember who it was that said, in 1831, " I am in earnest — I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — and I will be lieard ! " (Repeated cheers.) That speaker has lived twentytwo years, and the complaint... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1890 - 312 Seiten
...Liberator, issued in Boston, Jan. 1, 1831. And he said in his salutatory, on the subject of slavery, "I am in earnest. I will not equivocate; I will not excuse; I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard." Mr. Garrison had then suffered much for conscience sake, but his spirit was not... | |
 | David W. Bartlett - 1855 - 440 Seiten
...the fire into which it has fallen ; but urge me not to use moderation in a cause like the present ! I am in earnest. I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — and I will be heard. The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal,... | |
 | 1889 - 876 Seiten
...Parker, and that one of William Lloyd Garrison which bore beneath the likeness the famous sentence, " I am in earnest, I will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard." Our library was not large, but sufficient to insure some culture, though the... | |
 | Harriet Hamline Bigelow - 1857 - 576 Seiten
...editor, issued the first number of the Liberator on Saturday, January 1, 1831. In this paper he says : ' I am in earnest — I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — and I will be heard.' And to oppression he said : " 'I swear, while life's blood warms my throbbing... | |
| |
I am in earnest. I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch. AND I WILL BE HEARD. 
