John Brown
John Brown
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.
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.
nurse suffering cases
It is not a case we are treating; it is a living, palpitating, alas, too often suffering fellow creature.
disappointment spring heart
No man, with a man's heart in him, gets far on his way without some bitter, soul-searching disappointment. - Happy he who is brave enough to push on another stage of the journey, and rest where there are "living springs of water, and three-score and ten palms."
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.
eye heaven looks
The same eye cannot both look up to heaven and down to earth.
views cheerful purpose
I am gaining in health slowly, and am quite cheerful in view of my approaching end, - being fully persuaded that I am worth inconceivably more to hang than any other purpose.
clouds heaven trying
Now let us thank th' eternal power, convinced That Heaven but tries our virtue by affliction: That oft the cloud that wraps the present hour Serves but to brighten all our future days.
purpose
I am worth inconceivably more to hang than for any other purpose.
honor answers i-can
I will answer anything I can with honor, but not about others.
faces balls shots
I was shot down by a fifth ball, which struck me squarely in the face, and passed out.
needs action
...what we need is action - action!
issues goal intellectual
The act of focusing our mightiest intellectual resources on the elusive goal of goto-less programs has helped us get our minds off all those really tough and possibly unresolvable problems and issues with which today's professional programmer would otherwise have to grapple
fighting virginia unions
I never wanted to fight against the Union, but could not turn my back on Virginia.