- Effort
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
John Sergeant Wise Quotes
Most Famous John Sergeant Wise Quotes of All Time!
We have created a collection of some of the best john-sergeant-wise quotes so you can read and share anytime with your friends and family. Share our Top 10 John Sergeant Wise Quotes on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- First Time
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I was a tried seaman when, for the first time, I set foot upon the soil of my country, and took up my residence where my people had lived for over two hundred years.
- Name
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
The first American ancestor of our name was a younger son of these old Devonshire people, and came to the Virginia colony in the reign of Charles the First.
- Knowledge
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
And let me tell you, you boys of America, that there is no higher inspiration to any man to be a good man, a good citizen, and a good son, brother, or father, than the knowledge that you come from honest blood.
- Enough
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
America is good enough for us.
- Deep
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
The autumn of 1850 brought an event freighted with deep significance to me. My mother died.
- Distinguished
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
My mother was a Northern woman, daughter of Hon. John Sergeant, a distinguished lawyer, and for many years representative in Congress from Philadelphia.
- Days
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
In those days, slavery was not looked upon, even in Quaker Philadelphia, with the shudder and abhorrence one feels towards it now.
- Duty
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Even if my mother had no qualms of conscience concerning ownership of negroes, her sense of duty carried her far beyond the mere supplying of their physical needs, or requiring that they render faithful service.
- Elevation
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Father had notions about manhood suffrage, public schools, the education and the elevation of the masses, and the gradual emancipation of the slaves, that did not suit the uncompromising views of people in places like Richmond.
- Reason
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
It is true, there was no public-school system, and the reason for it was very plain. The wealth of the upper classes enabled them to have private tutors.
- Distinguished
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
In the year 1857, passing through Washington on our return from the annual visit to Philadelphia, I had the distinguished honor of visiting a President for the first time.
- Government
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
In all her history, from the formation of the federal government until the hour of secession, no year stands out more prominently than the year 1858 as evidencing the national patriotism of Virginia.
- Lost
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
In such a condition of affairs, the practical difference between the abolitionist and the sympathizer, to the man who lost his slave and could not recover it, was very nebulous.
- More
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Virginians were no more angels or philanthropists than people to the north or to the south of them. They were moved by their affections, their interest, and their resentments, just as humanity is moved today.
- Like
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
The attack of John Brown upon Harper's Ferry came upon Virginia like a clap of thunder out of a clear sky.
- Man
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
However the Southern man may have been master of the negro, there were compensatory processes whereby certain negroes were masters of their masters' children.
- Conceive
- |
- Nov 07, 2020