 | Danvers Historical Society - 1893 - Broj stranica: 192
...contend for the immediate enfranchisement of our slave population. * * * I am in earnest. I will not equivocate. I will not excuse. I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard." Thus did William' Lloyd Garrison throw down the gauntlet. January 1st, 18:31.... | |
 | James Monroe Gregory - 1893 - Broj stranica: 270
...head of the Liberator, when he first began to publish it, these words, "I am in earnest, I will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I will not retreat a single inch — I will be heard." The success of the anti-slavery cause required that men of such force of character... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier, Nathan Haskell Dole - 1893 - Broj stranica: 382
...the other : " I will be 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! " Whittier in the same spirit sang : — It we have whispered truth, whisper no... | |
 | William James Linton - 1893 - Broj stranica: 234
...determination — "I will be as harsh as truth, as uncompromising as justice ; I am in earnest, I will not 61 equivocate, I will not excuse, I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard." So, as Luther stood when he had nailed his theses to the church door at Wiltenhmrg,... | |
 | Elisha Benjamin Andrews - 1894 - Broj stranica: 386
...the plucky man, when his utterances threatened to cost him his life, " I am in earnest, I will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard." These were startling tones. Had God turned a new prophet loose in the earth ?... | |
 | James Schouler - 1894 - Broj stranica: 588
...himself a criminal. " I am in earnest," were his words, confessing his own severity ; " I will not equivocate ; I will not excuse ; I will not retreat a single inch ; and I will be heard. "f A quiet and inoffensive man of aspect; bald-headed, wearing spectacles through... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1894 - Broj stranica: 478
...of the " Liberator," in Boston. He uttered his memorable ultimatum : " I am in earnest, I will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard." Whittier counted the cost with Quaker coolness of judgment before taking a step... | |
 | Samuel Thomas Pickard - 1894 - Broj stranica: 440
...of the " Liberator," in Boston. He uttered his memorable ultimatum : " I am in earnest, I will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard." ^ Whittier counted the cost with Quaker coolness of judgment before taking a... | |
 | George William Curtis - 1894 - Broj stranica: 532
...unmistakable, awaking at last the reluctant echoes of the continent, " I am in earnest ; I will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard." There were other voices, indeed, voices everywhere, harmonious and historic voices,... | |
 | Elisha Benjamin Andrews - 1894 - Broj stranica: 384
...the plucky man, when his utterances threatened to cost him his life, " I am in earnest, I will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard." These were startling tones. Had God turned a new prophet loose in the earth ?... | |
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I am in earnest. I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch. AND I WILL BE HEARD. 
