 | 1887 - 894 páginas
...not." " A jman had better starve at once than lose his innocence in the process of getting his bread." "It matters not how small the beginning may seem to be, what is once well done is done forever." " In the long run men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1880 - 800 páginas
...and be locked up in the county gaol therefor, it v.-ould be the abolition of slavery in America. For it matters not how small the beginning may seem to be : what is once well done is done for ever." Such was his theory of civil disobedience. And the upshot ? A friend paid the tax for Him... | |
 | 1880 - 814 páginas
...copartnership, and be locked in the country jail therefor, it would be the abolition of slavery in America. For it matters not how small the beginning may seem to be ; what is once well done is done for ever." Such was his theory of civil disobedience. And the upshot ? A friend paid the tax for him... | |
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I could name,— if ten honest men only, —ay, if one HONEST man, in this State of Massachusetts, ceasing to hold slaves, were actually to withdraw from this copartnership, and be locked up in the county jail therefor, it would be the abolition of slavery... 
