Book iii
. Canto ii._ (1843.)
FOOTNOTES:
[604-3] 'T is always morning somewhere.--LONGFELLOW: _Wayside Inn. Birds of Killingworth, stanza 16._
WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON. 1804-1879.
My country is the world; my countrymen are mankind.[605-1]
_Prospectus of the Public Liberator, 1830._
I am in earnest. I will not equivocate; I will not excuse; I will not retreat a single inch; and I will be heard!
_Salutatory of the Liberator, Jan. 1, 1831._
Our country is the world; our countrymen are mankind.
_Motto of the Liberator, Vol. i. No. 1, 1831._
I will be as harsh as truth and as uncompromising as justice.
_The Liberator, Vol. i. No. 1, 1831._
Our country is the world; our countrymen are all mankind.
_Prospectus of the Liberator, Dec. 15, 1837._
The compact which exists between the North and the South is a covenant with death and an agreement with hell.[605-2]
_Resolution adopted by the Antislavery Society, Jan. 27, 1843._
FOOTNOTES:
[605-1] Socrates said he was not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.--PLUTARCH: _On Banishment._
Diogenes, when asked from what country he came, replied, "I am a citizen of the world."--DIOGENES LAERTIUS.
_My country is the world_, and my religion is to do good.--THOMAS PAINE: _Rights of Man, chap. v._
[605-2] We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement.--_Isaiah xxviii. 15._
MARY HOWITT. 1804-1888.
Old England is our home, and Englishmen are we; Our tongue is known in every clime, our flag in every sea.
_Old England is our Home._
"Will you walk into my parlour?" said a spider to a fly; "'T is the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy."
_The Spider and the Fly._
SARAH FLOWER ADAMS. 1805-1848.
Nearer, my God, to Thee! Nearer to Thee! E'en though it be a cross That raiseth me, Still all my song shall be, Nearer, my God, to Thee! Nearer to Thee!
EDWARD BULWER LYTTON. 1805-1873.
Curse away! And let me tell thee, Beausant, a wise proverb The Arabs have,--"Curses are like young chickens, And still come home to roost."
_The Lady of Lyons. Act v. Sc. 2._
Beneath the rule of men entirely great, The pen is mightier than the sword.[606-1]
_Richelieu. Act ii. Sc. 2._
Take away the sword; States can be saved without it.
_Richelieu. Act ii. Sc. 2._
In the lexicon of youth, which fate reserves For a bright manhood, there is no such word As "fail."
_Richelieu. Act ii. Sc. 2._
The brilliant chief, irregularly great, Frank, haughty, rash,--the Rupert of debate![606-2]
_The New Timon._ (_1846._) _Part i._
_Alone!_--that worn-out word, So idly spoken, and so coldly heard; Yet all that poets sing and grief hath known Of hopes laid waste, knells in that word ALONE!
_The New Timon._ (_1846._) _Part ii._
When stars are in the quiet skies, Then most I pine for thee; Bend on me then thy tender eyes, As stars look on the sea.
_When Stars are in the quiet Skies._
Buy my flowers,--oh buy, I pray! The blind girl comes from afar.
_Buy my Flowers._
The man who smokes, thinks like a sage and acts like a Samaritan.
_Night and Morning. Chap. vi._
FOOTNOTES:
[606-1] See Burton, page 189.
[606-2] In April, 1844, Mr. Disraeli thus alluded to Lord Stanley: "The noble lord is the Rupert of debate."
BENJAMIN DISRAELI (EARL BEACONSFIELD). 1805-1881.
Free trade is not a principle, it is an expedient.[607-1]
_On Import Duties, April 25, 1843._
The noble lord[607-2] is the Rupert of debate.[607-3]
_Speech, April, 1844._
A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy.
_Speech, March 17, 1845._
A precedent embalms a principle.
_Speech, Feb. 22, 1848._
It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.
_Speech, Jan. 24, 1860._
The characteristic of the present age is craving credulity.
_Speech, Nov. 25, 1864._
Assassination has never changed the history of the world.
_Speech, May, 1865._
I see before me the statue of a celebrated minister,[607-4] who said that confidence was a plant of slow growth. But I believe, however gradual may be the growth of confidence, that of credit requires still more time to arrive at maturity.
_Speech, Nov. 9, 1867._
The secret of success is constancy to purpose.
_Speech, June 24, 1870._
The author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother who talks about her own children.
_Speech, Nov. 19, 1870._
Apologies only account for that which they do not alter.
_Speech, July 28, 1871._
Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man.
_Speech, April 3, 1872._
I repeat . . . that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.[608-1]
_Vivian Grey. Book vi . Chap. vii._
Man is not the creature of circumstances. Circumstances are the creatures of men.
_Vivian Grey. Book vi . Chap. vii._
The disappointment of manhood succeeds to the delusion of youth: let us hope that the heritage of old age is not despair.
_Vivian Grey.