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James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, Book 1: he keepeth the sheep. (search)
of the Wellington type. Principle is the word I brought away with me as most familiar in their vocabulary. That is their standard of classification. A man may be brave, ardent, generous; no matter — if he is not all this from principle, it is nothing. The daughters, who knew all the Harper's Ferry men, had no confidence in Cook, because he was not a man of principle. They would trust Stevens round the world, because he was a man of principle. He tries the hardest to be good, said Annie Brown, in her simple way, of any man I ever saw. It is pleasant to add that this same brave-hearted girl, who had known most of her father's associates, recognized them all but Cook as being men of principle. People are surprised, she said, at father's daring to invade Virginia with only twenty-three men; but I think if they knew what sort of men they were, there would be less surprise. I never saw such men. It was so in Kansas I never saw such men outside of John Brown's camp as I sa
James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, Chapter 5: North Elba. (search)
of the Wellington type. Principle is the word I brought away with me as most familiar in their vocabulary. That is their standard of classification. A man may be brave, ardent, generous; no matter — if he is not all this from principle, it is nothing. The daughters, who knew all the Harper's Ferry men, had no confidence in Cook, because he was not a man of principle. They would trust Stevens round the world, because he was a man of principle. He tries the hardest to be good, said Annie Brown, in her simple way, of any man I ever saw. It is pleasant to add that this same brave-hearted girl, who had known most of her father's associates, recognized them all but Cook as being men of principle. People are surprised, she said, at father's daring to invade Virginia with only twenty-three men; but I think if they knew what sort of men they were, there would be less surprise. I never saw such men. It was so in Kansas I never saw such men outside of John Brown's camp as I sa
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Cheerful Yesterdays, VII. Kansas and John Brown (search)
wish to hold them back. In the family was Annie Brown, who had been with the conspirators in Virglued at two dollars apiece. On my return, Mrs. Brown the elder rode with me for a whole day on a unchanged. Her errand was absolutely in vain, Brown refusing even to see her, possibly distrustingHe himself [Tidd] left, almost quarreling with Brown. Finally, when they consented, it was with thced the Harper's Ferry attack the only mistake Brown ever made, and attributed it, as it is now genmental balance from overbrooding on one idea. Brown's general project he still heartily indorsed; es, he said, had proved ready enough to follow Brown, but naturally slipped back to their masters westion of a rescue presented itself, after Captain Brown's execution, in regard to the two members e Brown family; first, of course, consulting Mrs. Brown, who fully approved. Thayer and Eldridge, t Avis, who had won their gratitude, as well as Brown's, by his great kindness. I have never known
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Cheerful Yesterdays, Index. (search)
, William, 88. Blake, Harrison, 181. Blanc, Charles, 322. Blanc, Louis, 304, 305, 309, 316, 317, 318, 320, 321, 322. Boarding-schools, Dangers of, 22. Boccaccio, Giovanni, 77. Borel, General, 307. Boswell, James, 15. Bowditch, H. I., 176. Bowditch, Nathaniel, 50. Bowen, Francis, 53, 54. Boyesen, H. H., 314. Bremer, Fredrika, 011. Brentano, Bettine, 25, 92, 93. Briggs, the Misses, 119. Bright, John, 327. Brook Farm, 83, 84, 120. Brookline, Mass., summer life in, 81. Brown, Annie, 227. Brown, Brownlee, 169. Brown, C. B., 58. Brown, John, 155, 196-234, 240, 242, 243, 246, 327. Brown, Mrs., John, 227, 230. Brown, Madox, 289. Brown, Theophilus, 181. Browning, Robert, 66, 67, 202, 235, 272, 286. Brownson, Orestes, 97. Bryce, James, 97. Bull, Ole, 103. Burke, Edmund, 009, 356. Burleigh, C. C., 327. Burleigh, Charles, 118. Burlingame, Anson, 175. Burney, Fanny, 15. Burns, Anthony, 131, 157, 159, 162, 165, 166. Burns, Robert, 276. Butler, B. F., 337, 3