Lectures on Slavery, and Its Remedy |
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... action . It is not this or that particular act of cruelty which constitutes oppression . Such particular acts become oppression only as they involve or are the acting out of some general principle , which , admitted as a principle of action ...
... action . It is not this or that particular act of cruelty which constitutes oppression . Such particular acts become oppression only as they involve or are the acting out of some general principle , which , admitted as a principle of action ...
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Amos Augustus Phelps. She adopted this as a lawful principle of action . This constituted the head and front of her offending ... action , wrests and withholds inalienable rights , and subjects its vic- tims to untold acts of cruelty and ...
Amos Augustus Phelps. She adopted this as a lawful principle of action . This constituted the head and front of her offending ... action , wrests and withholds inalienable rights , and subjects its vic- tims to untold acts of cruelty and ...
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... action , is the origin- ating and sustaining principle of all slaveholding in practice . This point is too plain to need illustration ; and yet it is important to dwell on it a moment , in order to see distinctly that this principle is ...
... action , is the origin- ating and sustaining principle of all slaveholding in practice . This point is too plain to need illustration ; and yet it is important to dwell on it a moment , in order to see distinctly that this principle is ...
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... action . In actual life , as well as in the statute book , the slave is bought and sold , and mortgaged and leased - is bred and fattened for the market - is exchanged for swine * -husband is separated from wife , and wife from hus ...
... action . In actual life , as well as in the statute book , the slave is bought and sold , and mortgaged and leased - is bred and fattened for the market - is exchanged for swine * -husband is separated from wife , and wife from hus ...
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... action would dig the grave of equity and justice , put the reins of government and control , both among individuals and communities , into the hands of arbitrary and irresponsible power , make it the sole arbiter of right , and thereby ...
... action would dig the grave of equity and justice , put the reins of government and control , both among individuals and communities , into the hands of arbitrary and irresponsible power , make it the sole arbiter of right , and thereby ...
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Page 215 - Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.
Page 36 - And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
Page 213 - Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I -will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore If thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink : for in so doing thou sha.lt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Page 189 - Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place : for all they that take the sword, shall perish with the sword.
Page 130 - That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
Page 25 - For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts.
Page 41 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Page 75 - Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee: he shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best : thou shalt not oppress him.
Page 59 - What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge? As I live, saith the Lord God, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel. Behold, all souls are mine ; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
Page 130 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye build the tombs of the prophets and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, and say, 'If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.