Did John Brown Fail? John

I Know No Class Of My Fellowmen, However Just, Enlightened, And Humane, Which Can Be Wisely And Safely Trusted Absolutely With The Liberties Of Any Other Class.

Civil War Was Not A Mere Strife For Territory And Dominion, But A Contest Of Civilization Against Barbarism.

... And In Thinking Of My Life, I Almost Forgot My Liberty.

My Theory Of Self-made Men Is, Then, Simply This; That They Are Men Of Work. Whether Or Not Such Men Have Acquired Material, Moral Or Intellectual Excellence, Honest Labor Faithfully, Steadily And Persistently Pursued, Is The Best, If Not The Only, Explanation Of Their Success... All Human Experience Proves Over And Over Again, That Any Success Which Comes Through Meanness, Trickery, Fraud And Dishonour, Is But Emptiness And Will Only Be A Torment To Its Possessor.

One By One I Have Seen Obstacles Removed, Errors Corrected, Prejudices Softened, Proscriptions Relinquished, And My People Advancing In All The Elements That Go To Make Up The Sum Of The General Welfare. And I Remember That God Reigns In Eternity, And That Whatever Delays, Whatever Disappointments And Discouragements May Come, Truth, Justice, Liberty And Humanity Will Ultimately Prevail.