The Arena, 2. köideArena Publishing Company, 1890 |
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... negro among us , in the light and under the belief that Christ died for him . But this does not change the concurrent testimony of all secular history and of all biblical history since the dispersion of man on the plains of Shinar at ...
... negro among us , in the light and under the belief that Christ died for him . But this does not change the concurrent testimony of all secular history and of all biblical history since the dispersion of man on the plains of Shinar at ...
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... negro , nor change a negro into a white man , nor make of negroes and white men an amal- gam partly white and partly negro . It leaves each white man precisely the same white man he was before , and it leaves each negro precisely the ...
... negro , nor change a negro into a white man , nor make of negroes and white men an amal- gam partly white and partly negro . It leaves each white man precisely the same white man he was before , and it leaves each negro precisely the ...
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... negro , and whatever he was potentially capable of becoming , his history from his very first appear- ance into history has been one of incapacity for freedom . Perhaps in natural advantages , in fertility of soil , in salu- brity of ...
... negro , and whatever he was potentially capable of becoming , his history from his very first appear- ance into history has been one of incapacity for freedom . Perhaps in natural advantages , in fertility of soil , in salu- brity of ...
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... negro slaves were scattered . They too knew these slaves better than anyone else in the world could know them . They could better measure and appreciate their quali- ties than anyone else . Whatever there was of good and there was much ...
... negro slaves were scattered . They too knew these slaves better than anyone else in the world could know them . They could better measure and appreciate their quali- ties than anyone else . Whatever there was of good and there was much ...
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... negro . All knew that emancipation did not make the negro a white man , and it was also universally understood that it simply changed the conditions of the problem without either solv- ing it or settling the relations of the two races ...
... negro . All knew that emancipation did not make the negro a white man , and it was also universally understood that it simply changed the conditions of the problem without either solv- ing it or settling the relations of the two races ...
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Page 675 - The Rainbow comes and goes, And lovely is the Rose, The Moon doth with delight — Look round her when the heavens are bare, Waters on a starry night . Are beautiful and fair; The sunshine is a glorious birth; But yet I know, where'er I go, That there hath past away a glory from the earth.
Page 675 - There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it hath been of yore; — Turn wheresoe'er I may, By night or day, The things which I have seen I now can see no more.
Page 14 - T is not in the high stars alone, Nor in the cups of budding flowers, Nor in the redbreast's mellow tone, Nor in the bow that smiles in showers, But in the mud and scum of things There alway, alway something sings.
Page 292 - But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison-house, I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined locks to part And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood.
Page 158 - But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life, it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on...
Page 618 - The rest of mankind God was pleased, according to the unsearchable counsel of his own will, (whereby he extendeth or withholdeth mercy, as he pleaseth, for the glory of his sovereign power over his creatures,) to pass by, and to ordain them to dishonour and wrath for their sin, to the praise of his glorious justice.
Page 618 - Those of mankind that are predestinated unto life, God, before the foundation of the world was laid, according to His eternal and immutable purpose, and the secret counsel and good pleasure of His will, hath chosen in Christ unto everlasting glory...
Page 638 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you...
Page 618 - These angels and men, thus predestinated and foreordained, are particularly and unchangeably designed ; and their number is so certain and definite, that it cannot be either increased or diminished.
Page 681 - She seem'da part of joyous Spring: A gown of grass-green silk she wore, Buckled with golden clasps before; A light-green tuft of plumes she bore Closed in a golden ring.