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A Volcano Beneath the Snow: John Brown's War Against Slavery QUOTES

A Volcano Beneath the Snow: John Brown's War Against Slavery QUOTES

1 " situation. He was of no color, John Brown, of no race or age. He was pure passion.… He was an elemental force like wind, rain, and fire.”7 "

― Albert Marrin , A Volcano Beneath the Snow: John Brown's War Against Slavery

2 " And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said, the LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valor. —Judges 6:12 "

― Albert Marrin , A Volcano Beneath the Snow: John Brown's War Against Slavery

3 " I believe in the Golden Rule and the Declaration of Independence. I think they both mean the same thing.”3 "

― Albert Marrin , A Volcano Beneath the Snow: John Brown's War Against Slavery

4 " God has given us a conscience superior to all law,” said Wendell Phillips. The individual’s conscience and the Golden Rule top any written law. There is such a thing as righteous lawbreaking. "

― Albert Marrin , A Volcano Beneath the Snow: John Brown's War Against Slavery

5 " cringed. What made him cringe was not fear but empathy, a basic human quality that allows one to identify with another’s feelings. "

― Albert Marrin , A Volcano Beneath the Snow: John Brown's War Against Slavery

6 " You could never trust a politician, Brown said, because “he was always ready to sacrifice his principles for his advantage.” Presidents and members of Congress were, to him, “fiends clothed in human form,” for they compromised with evil. "

― Albert Marrin , A Volcano Beneath the Snow: John Brown's War Against Slavery

7 " cause. There will be no more peace in this land until slavery is done for. I will give them something else to do than to extend slave territory. "

― Albert Marrin , A Volcano Beneath the Snow: John Brown's War Against Slavery

8 " Like most Americans at the time, national leaders did not consider the federal government responsible for the health and well-being of civilians. These were duties of families, churches, charities, and local authorities. As "

― Albert Marrin , A Volcano Beneath the Snow: John Brown's War Against Slavery

9 " goods—sugar, tobacco, rice, and indigo, a purple dye—to sell in Europe. "

― Albert Marrin , A Volcano Beneath the Snow: John Brown's War Against Slavery

10 "  ‘A house divided against itself cannot stand,’ ” he said in a high-pitched voice. “I believe this government cannot endure, "

― Albert Marrin , A Volcano Beneath the Snow: John Brown's War Against Slavery

11 " Abraham Lincoln on October 1, 1858, less than four months after his famous “House Divided” speech. "

― Albert Marrin , A Volcano Beneath the Snow: John Brown's War Against Slavery

12 " Toward the end of 1837, a murder shook the nation. On November 7, a mob in Alton, Illinois, killed Elijah P. Lovejoy, owner of the Alton Observer, an abolitionist newspaper. "

― Albert Marrin , A Volcano Beneath the Snow: John Brown's War Against Slavery

13 " Higginson served until 1864, and recorded his adventures in a book based on a diary he wrote while campaigning in the South, Army Life in a Black Regiment (1870). The book is a classic of Civil War literature. "

― Albert Marrin , A Volcano Beneath the Snow: John Brown's War Against Slavery

14 " George Templeton Strong, a wealthy attorney and leader of high society, missed the old man. “Osawatomie John Brown, "

― Albert Marrin , A Volcano Beneath the Snow: John Brown's War Against Slavery

15 " Glory, glory, hallelujah! His soul is marching on! "

― Albert Marrin , A Volcano Beneath the Snow: John Brown's War Against Slavery