Did John Brown fail? John Brown began the war that ended American slavery and made this a free Republic.
The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
Oppression makes a wise man mad.
At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
Immense wealth, and its lavish expenditure, fill the great house with all that can please the eye, or tempt the taste. Here, appetite, not food, is the great desideratum.
A man, at times, gets something for nothing, but it will, in his hands, amount to nothing.