John Brown
John Brown
needs action
...what we need is action - action!
eye heaven looks
The same eye cannot both look up to heaven and down to earth.
bible heart expression
So far as I ever observed God's dealings with my soul, the flights of preachers sometimes entertained me, but it was Scripture expressions which did penetrate my heart, and in a way peculiar to themselves.
country memories lying
There is a shrine in the temple of age, where lie forever embalmed the memories of such as have deserved well of their country and their race.
courage doe deeds
The intent and not the deed Is in our power; and, therefore, who dares greatly Does greatly.
powerful men intelligent
Had I so interfered in behalf of the rich, the powerful, the intelligent, the so-called great, or in behalf of any of their friends...every man in this court would have deemed it an act worthy of reward rather than punishment.
mean writing white
Tis mean for empty praise of wit to write, As fopplings grin to show their teeth are white.
tired hearing cowardice
Caution, Sir! I am eternally tired of hearing that word caution. It is nothing but the word of cowardice!
men united-states he-man
The United States is a place where the men govern, but the women rule.
nurse suffering cases
It is not a case we are treating; it is a living, palpitating, alas, too often suffering fellow creature.
necks determined defeat
I have been whipped, as the saying is, but I am sure I can recover all the lost capital occasioned by that disaster; by only hanging a few moments by the neck; and I feel quite determined to make the utmost possible out of a defeat.
dark night remember
I cannot remember a night so dark as to have hindered the coming day.
thinking holiness austerity
Holiness does not consist in mystic speculations, enthusiastic fervours, or uncommanded austerities; it consists in thinking as God thinks, and willing as God wills.
mother body tongue
Symptoms are the body's mother tongue; signs are in a foreign language.