John Brown Quotes


No man, with a man's heart in him, gets far on his way without some bitter, soul-searching disappointment. - Happy he who is brave enough to push on another stage of the journey, and rest where there are "living springs of water, and three-score and ten palms."


Citations

Brown, John. "Arthur H. Hallam." Horae Subsecivae, Edmonston and Douglas, 1858, p. 343.

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John Brown
John Brown
  • Born: May 9, 1800
  • Died: December 2, 1859
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  • Profession: Tanner; Cattle, Horse, Sheep Breeder Trader; Farmer

John H. Brown was an American abolitionist leader. Brown felt that violence was necessary to end American slavery, as years of speeches, sermons, petitions, and moral persuasion had failed.