...condition oi tools and chattels to a fellow-creature ? Is there any moral truth more deeply rooted in us, than that such a degradation would be an infinite...ourselves as an unspeakable wrong, we condemn ourselves as wrong doers and oppressors in laying it on any who share our nature. It is not necessary to inquire...

...condition of tools and chattels to a fellowcreature ? Is there any moral truth more deeply rooted in us, than that such a degradation would be an infinite...wrong-doers and oppressors in laying it on any who share our nature.—-It is not necessary to inquire whether a man, by extreme guilt, may not forfeit the rights...

...condition of tools and chattels to a fellowcreature ? Is there any moral truth more deeply rooted in us, than that such a degradation would be an infinite...wrong-doers and oppressors in laying it on any who share our nature.—It is not necessary to inquire whether a man, by extreme guilt, may not forfeit the rights...

...Page 19 : " And if this impression be delusion, on what single moral conviction can we rely ? * * * The consciousness of indestructible rights is a part...the persuasion that we cannot be owned as a tree or brute. As men, we cannot justly be made slaves. Then no man can be rightfully enslaved." The first...

...Page 19 : " And if this impression be delusion, on •what single moral conviction can we rely ? * * * The consciousness of indestructible rights is a part...consciousness of our humanity involves the persuasion that we • •annot be owned as a tree or brute. As men, we cannot justly be made slaves. Then no man can...

...that is right in morals, and of all tha.t is true in religion. Hence, in the passage before us, — " The consciousness of indestructible rights is a part of our moral being," — the consciousness of such rights is his proof that we possess them; therefore, "the consciousness of our humanity involves...

...that is right in morals, and of all that is true in religion. Hence, in the passage before us, — " The consciousness of indestructible rights is a part of our moral being," — the consciousness of such rights is his proof that we possess them ; therefore, " the consciousness of our humanity involves...

...that is right in morals, and of all that is true in religion. Hence, in the passage before us, — " The consciousness of indestructible rights is a part of our moral being," — the consciousness of such rights is his proof that we possess them ; therefore, " the consciousness of our humanity involves...

...confidence be not built on a mere abuse of words. " The consciousness of our humanity," says he, " involves the persuasion that we cannot be owned as a tree or a brute." This, as everybody knows, is one of the hackneyed commonplaces of the abolitionist. He never ceases...

...confidence be not built on a mere abuse of words. " The consciousness of our humanity," says he, " involves the persuasion that we cannot be owned as a tree or a brute." This, as everybody knows, is one of the hackneyed commonplaces of the abolitionist. He never ceases...