There is not a man so poor in the North, or so ignorant, or souseless, as not to be regarded as a Man, by religion, by civil law, and by public opinion.
Henry Ward Beecher: “There is not a man so poor in the North, or so ignorant, or souseless, as not to be regarded as a Man, by religion, by…”
Editor's note · Context
Beecher emphasizes the inherent dignity of every individual, regardless of their social status, in the North.
Share
More from Henry Ward Beecher
Dying, we will leave it a legacy to our children, and they shall will it to theirs, until the work is done, our fathers' prayers are answered, and this whole land stands clothed and in its right mind--a symbol of what the earthly fruits of…
If the North gives to the Nation her radical principles of human rights and democratic Governments, there will be the peace of an immeasurable prosperity.
And aroused by that spirit, there shall spring up the yet unaroused hosts of men that have not bowed the knee to Baal--and we will war it to the knife, and knife to the hilt.
All attempts at evasion, at adjourning, at concealing and compromising are in vain.