Modern Agitators: Or, Pen Portraits of Living American Reformers. by David W. [!] BartlettMiller, Orton & Mulligan, 1855 - 412 страница |
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... in , in the chorus of the battle— that trumpet , and wild , charging bugle - how they set the mili tary devil into a man , and make him into a soldier ! Think of the human family , falling upon one another , MODERN AGITATORS .
... in , in the chorus of the battle— that trumpet , and wild , charging bugle - how they set the mili tary devil into a man , and make him into a soldier ! Think of the human family , falling upon one another , MODERN AGITATORS .
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... human family , falling upon one another , at the inspira tion of music ! How must God feel at it ! To see those harp strings he meant should be wakened to love bordering on di- vine , strung and swept to mortal hate and butchery ...
... human family , falling upon one another , at the inspira tion of music ! How must God feel at it ! To see those harp strings he meant should be wakened to love bordering on di- vine , strung and swept to mortal hate and butchery ...
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... human history , treading reverent as you go , for our feet are on our mothers ' graves , and our shoes defile our fathers ' hallowed bones . Let us not talk of them ; go farther on , look and pass by . Come with me into the Inferno of ...
... human history , treading reverent as you go , for our feet are on our mothers ' graves , and our shoes defile our fathers ' hallowed bones . Let us not talk of them ; go farther on , look and pass by . Come with me into the Inferno of ...
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... human race ! Tremble not , women ; tremble not , children ; tremble not , men ! They are all dead ! They cannot harm you now ! Fear the living , not the dead ! " " Come hither , Herod , the wicked . Thou that didst seek after that young ...
... human race ! Tremble not , women ; tremble not , children ; tremble not , men ! They are all dead ! They cannot harm you now ! Fear the living , not the dead ! " " Come hither , Herod , the wicked . Thou that didst seek after that young ...
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... human sympathy , that is the martyrdom of to - day . I shed no tears for such martyrs . I shout when I see one ; I take courage , and thank God for the real saints , prophets and heroes of to - day . In another age , men shall be proud ...
... human sympathy , that is the martyrdom of to - day . I shed no tears for such martyrs . I shout when I see one ; I take courage , and thank God for the real saints , prophets and heroes of to - day . In another age , men shall be proud ...
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