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James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, Book 1: he keepeth the sheep. (search)
of the Wellington type. Principle is the word I brought away with me as most familiar in their vocabulary. That is their standard of classification. A man may be brave, ardent, generous; no matter — if he is not all this from principle, it is nothing. The daughters, who knew all the Harper's Ferry men, had no confidence in Cook, because he was not a man of principle. They would trust Stevens round the world, because he was a man of principle. He tries the hardest to be good, said Annie Brown, in her simple way, of any man I ever saw. It is pleasant to add that this same brave-hearted girl, who had known most of her father's associates, recognized them all but Cook as being men of principle. People are surprised, she said, at father's daring to invade Virginia with only twenty-three men; but I think if they knew what sort of men they were, there would be less surprise. I never saw such men. It was so in Kansas I never saw such men outside of John Brown's camp as I sa
James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, Chapter 5: North Elba. (search)
of the Wellington type. Principle is the word I brought away with me as most familiar in their vocabulary. That is their standard of classification. A man may be brave, ardent, generous; no matter — if he is not all this from principle, it is nothing. The daughters, who knew all the Harper's Ferry men, had no confidence in Cook, because he was not a man of principle. They would trust Stevens round the world, because he was a man of principle. He tries the hardest to be good, said Annie Brown, in her simple way, of any man I ever saw. It is pleasant to add that this same brave-hearted girl, who had known most of her father's associates, recognized them all but Cook as being men of principle. People are surprised, she said, at father's daring to invade Virginia with only twenty-three men; but I think if they knew what sort of men they were, there would be less surprise. I never saw such men. It was so in Kansas I never saw such men outside of John Brown's camp as I sa