...severity ? (I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. I am in earnest,— I will net equivocate, — I will not excuse,— I will not retreat a single inch, AND I WILL BE HEARD.) " It is pretended that I am retarding the cause of emancipation by the coarseness...

...only of I the great agitator 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...

...free by presidential 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,...

...all he was and could. Then were spoken those words which, in themselves, are his immortal monument : "I am in earnest. I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — and I will be heard." Oh ! see his faith ; see his absolute trust in Eternal Truth. And now the...

...unfitted for his work. "I will be," he said, " as 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." . . "In attacking the system of slavery, I clearly foresaw all that has happened...

...he was and could. Then were spoken those words which, in themselves, are his immortal monument : " I am in earnest. I will not equivocate — I will not excuse— I will not retreat-a single inch — and I will be heard." Oh I see his faith; see his absolute trust in Eternal...

...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 HEAKD." Then began an agitation which for the marvel of its origin, the majesty of...

...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...

...the fire into which it has fallen ; but urge me not to use moderation in a cause like the present. I am in earnest, — I will not equivocate, — I...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,...

...determined and aggressive. He ' proclaimed that his " country was the world and his countrymen all mankind." "I am in earnest ; I will not equivocate ; I will not excuse ; I will not retract a single inch, and I will be heard." We all know how he pursued his purposes, how he kept his...