 It was an attempt by white men to get up a revolt among slaves, in which the slaves refused to participate. In fact, it was so absurd that the slaves, with all their ignorance, saw plainly enough it could not succeed. That affair, in its philosophy, corresponds...  Frederick Douglass: the Colored Orator - Page 273de Frederic May Holland - 1891 - 423 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1901 - 262 pages
...with all their ignorance, saw plainly enough it could not succeed. That affair, in its philosophy, corresponds with the many attempts, related in history,...Ferry, were, in their philosophy, precisely the same. The eagerness to cast blame on old England in the one case, and on New England in the other, does not... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - 1901 - 464 pages
...ignorance, saw plainly enough it could not succeed. That affair, in its philosophy, corresponds with many attempts, related in history, at the assassination...ventures the attempt, which ends in little else than in his own execution. Orsini's attempt on Louis Napoleon, and John Brown's attempt at Harper's Ferry,... | |
 | Benson John Lossing, John Fiske, Woodrow Wilson - 1901 - 516 pages
...with all their ignorance, «aw plainly enough it could not succeed. That affair, in its philosophy, corresponds with the many attempts, related in history, at the assassination of kings and «mperors. An enthusiast broods over the oppression of a people till he fancies himself commissioned... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - 1901 - 408 pages
...corresponds with the many attempts ... at the assassination of kings and emperors. An enthusiast . . . ventures the attempt, . . . which ends in little else than his own execution. . . . But you will not abide the election of a Republican president ! In that supposed event, you say... | |
 | 1902 - 510 pages
...with all their ignorance, saw plainly enough it could not succeed. That affair, in its philosophy, corresponds with the many attempts, related in history,...Ferry were, in their philosophy, precisely the same. The eagerness to cast blame on old England in the one case and on New England in the other, does not... | |
 | Joseph Benson Gilder - 1902 - 346 pages
...with all their ignorance, saw plainly enough it could not succeed. That affair, in its philosophy, corresponds with the many attempts, related in history,...Ferry were, in their philosophy, precisely the same. The eagerness to cast blame on old England in the one case and on New England in the other, does not... | |
 | Mayo Williamson Hazeltine - 1902 - 458 pages
...with all their ignorance, saw plainly enough it could not succeed. That affair, in its philosophy, corresponds with the many attempts related in history...which ends in little else than his own execution. Orsmi's attempt on Louis Napoleon and John LINCOLN Brown's attempt at Harper's Ferry were, in their... | |
 | 1902 - 354 pages
...with all their ignorance, saw plainly enough it could not succeed. That affair, in its philosophy, corresponds with the many attempts, related in history,...which ends in little else than his own execution. Orsini-s attempt on Louis Napoleon and John Brown-s attempt at Harper-s Ferry were, in their philosophy,... | |
 | 1902 - 512 pages
...with all their ignorance, saw plainly enough it could not succeed. That affair, in its philosophy, corresponds with the many attempts, related in history,...himself commissioned by Heaven to liberate them. He vent154 \ ures the attempt, which ends in little else than his own execution. Orsini's attempt on Louis... | |
 | William Eleroy Curtis - 1902 - 482 pages
...slaves refused to participate, and he compared it with many attempts related in history to assassinate kings and emperors. " An enthusiast broods over the oppression of a people until he fancies himself commissioned by heaven to liberate them. He ventures the attempt, which ends... | |
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