The Negro And the Nation; a History of American Slavery And Enfranchisement
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hard to measure, for his power was thrown on the illumination and 144 The Negro and the Nation inspiration of the individual man. But in the large view his was an incomparable influence in diffusing that temper of mingled courage and sweetness, the idealist's vision and the soldier's valor, which is the world's best help and hope. He spoke out against slavery whenever he saw that his word was needed ; he vindicated the right of the Abolition- ists to free speech, whether they spoke wisely or no...t ; and in some of his poems, as the " Concord Ode," and " Boston Hymn," he thrillingly invoked the best of the Puritan and Revolutionary temper to right the wrongs of the present. It was said of him that he gave to the war for the Union, " not one son, but a thousand." But he also gave watch- words that will long outlast the issues of the war and our issues of to-day. The homely yet soaring idealism of the true American will always answer to the word, " Hitch your wagon to a star." The group of writers who gave brilliancy to this period have already been cited as champions of freedom.
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