 | R. H. Howard, Henry E. Crocker - 1879 - Broj stranica: 512
...himself, but of the knot of indomitable spirits he gathered about him : " I am in earnest. I will not equivocate ; I will ; not excuse ; I will not retreat a single inch j and / will be heard. " J Few men ever accomplished so much, with means so small, and in J the face... | |
 | 1879 - Broj stranica: 422
...proclamation. Thus wondrously did he fulfill his own prophetic announcement : "I am in earnest. I will not equivocate. I will not excuse. I will not retreat a single inch ; and I will be heard!*' In his youth, Garrison was a pronounced politician of the Newburyport whig,... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - 1880 - Broj stranica: 402
...fallen ; but urge me not to use moderation in a cause like the present. I am in earnest, — I will not equivocate, — I will not excuse, — I will not retreat a single inch, — and / will be heard! The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal,... | |
 | Luther Tracy Townsend - 1881 - Broj stranica: 272
...of Garrison has this characteristic extract from one of his speeches : "I am in earnest! I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — and I will be heard !" » Sacred eloquence likewise abounds in examples of this kind of courage.... | |
 | Oliver Johnson - 1881 - Broj stranica: 526
...uncompromising as justice. On this subject I do not wish to speak or write with moderation. I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — AND I WILL BE HEARD." Then began an agitation which for the marvel of its origin, the majesty of... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1865 - Broj stranica: 324
...issued the first number of the " Liberator," making the declaration — " I am in earnest, I will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I will not retreat a single inch, and Iivill be Jieard." He borrowed the type and press of the office he worked in. He could not get... | |
 | George Washington Williams - 1882 - Broj stranica: 640
...fallen ; but urge me not to use moderation in a cause like the present ! I am in earnest. I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch. AND I WILL BE HEAED. The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal,... | |
 | James Freeman Clarke - 1883 - Broj stranica: 236
...this : " I will be as harsh as truth, 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." I remember once hearing that when George Bradburn was told that he ought not to call slaveholders thieves... | |
 | Delia Wood Lyman - 1883 - Broj stranica: 754
...The Liberator, whose purpose was to abolish slavery, Garrison wrote : " I am in earnest ; I will not equivocate ; I will not excuse ; I will not retreat a single inch ; and I will be heard." The next year a small association for the abolition of slavery was organized... | |
 | William Mathews - 1883 - Broj stranica: 398
...publication of the Liberator, he began with these memorable words, " I am in earnest, — I will not equivocate, — I will not excuse, — I will not retreat a single inch, — and / mil be heard." He has been heard, — with what result the country knows. It has been said... | |
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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. 
