The History of My Life and Work: Autobiography by Rev. M. L. Latta ...The author, 1903 - 371 strani |
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Stran 321 - We must be contented: we have done very well." — "Now," said Nelson, "had we taken ten sail, and allowed the eleventh to escape, when it had been possible to have got at her, I could never have called it well done.
Stran 75 - I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past.
Stran 205 - If my life in the past has meant anything in the lifting up of my people and the bringing about of better relations between your race and mine, I assure you from this day it will mean doubly more. In the economy of God there is but one standard by which an individual can succeed — there is but one for a race. This country demands that every race shall measure itself by the American standard.
Stran 202 - We do not wonder that the whole city is excited, that every honest man feels indignant against the vile miscreants who have fired our houses, robbed our citizens, and murdered them. This feeling is natural And the present apparent and expressed determination to take the administration of the law into their own hands, is the inevitable result of a shameful laxity in the administration of our lower courts. To them alone, is chargeable the present state of public feeling. Examinations, and trials of...
Stran 160 - But to convince them may be a very different thing ; for, " convince a man against his will, and he is of the same mind still." But the honest moneylender, who is desirous to receive only the highest fair rate of interest, in the form of dividends, that can be safely and honorable made, will see that this system possesses and offers numerous decided advantages to the money-lender ; in the lessened expense of the...
Stran 50 - I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided and that is the lamp of experience.
Stran 203 - ... of the gospel, should teach with unusual emphasis morality and obedience to the law. At '"the fireside, in the school-room, in the Sunday-school, from the pulpit, and in the Negro press, there should be such a sentiment created regarding the committing of crime against women that no such crime could be charged against any member of the race. Let it be understood, for all time, that no one guilty of rape can find sympathy or shelter with us, and that none will be more active than we in bringing...
Stran 196 - With all the earnestness of my heart, I want to appeal, not to the President of the United States, Mr. McKinley; not to the people of New York nor of the New England States, but to the citizens of our Southern States, to assist in creating a public sentiment such as will make human life here just as safe and sacred as it is anywhere else in the world.
Stran 27 - He giveth to the beast his foot, and to the young ravens which cry. He delighteth not in the strength of the horse ; he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, and in those that hope in his mercy.
Stran 283 - Prayers, and love the Lord my God with all my Heart, with all my Soul, and with all my Strength; and honour the King, and all good Men in Authority under him. Then the next took the Letters and composed this Sentence. Lord have Mercy upon me, and grant that I may love my Neighbour as myself, and do unto all Men as I would have them do unto me, and tell no Lies; but be honest and just in all my Dealings.