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Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 1 6 0 Browse Search
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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 1, Colonial and Revolutionary Literature: Early National Literature: Part I (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 2 0 Browse Search
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Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 1, Chapter 6: the genius of Universal emancipation.—1829-30. (search)
t now appeared after an interval of eight months (during which Lundy had made his trip to Hayti with the twelve Ante, p. 123. emancipated slaves), in a much enlarged and improved sheet of eight pages, the printed page of four columns measuring about 9x13 inches. A vignette of the American eagle surmounted the title of the paper, and the motto below the title was the immortal assertion from the Declaration of Independence (the glittering generality which the Abolitionists were to make—as Emerson, in his retort to Rufus Choate's sneer, declared it— a blazing ubiquity), We hold these truths to be selfevident: that all men are created equal, and endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. At the head of the first column stood Curran's eloquent idealization of the spirit of liberty, from which the paper derived its name, with editorial applications interpolated. I speak in the spirit of the British [Ameri
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 1, Chapter 14: the Boston mob (first stage).—1835. (search)
ervor, lacking only the measure of time and space. His tall figure, noble countenance, and unconventional dress, with sandy flowing beard and long ringlets, made his personal appearance as unique as his talent.had a friendly conversation with Miss Emerson, the maiden aunt of the poet: Mary Moody Emerson, a very quaint personage. She was born in 1773 and died in 1863. Her home was in Waterford, Me. (See Worthy women of our first century. pp. 114, 120, 138, 152, 175; Atlantic Monthly, DecemMary Moody Emerson, a very quaint personage. She was born in 1773 and died in 1863. Her home was in Waterford, Me. (See Worthy women of our first century. pp. 114, 120, 138, 152, 175; Atlantic Monthly, December, 1883.) Why do you have that Garrison engaged in your cause? Ms. April 3, 1835, to S. J. May. said she, and proceeded to express her strong dislike of him and his paper. You might as well ask me, I replied, why we permit the rivers to flow on in their channels, for the one could be prevented as easily as the other, while life remains, and the physical power to labor, in Garrison. We thereupon discussed Mr. G.'s conduct and character, and I soon found she knew very little about eith