The Lesson of the Hour (Classic Reprint): Lecture of Wendell Phillips, Delivered at Brooklyn, Tuesday Evening, November 1, 1859: Lecture of Wendell ... Evening, November 1, 1859 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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A bold 1859 lecture that challenges readers to confront slavery, liberty, and national fate. This edition presents Wendell Phillips’s fiery remarks on John Brown, abolitionist courage, and the moral force shaping American politics in the era.

This book offers a vivid window into the rhetoric that fed a nation’s moral crisis. It blends history, praise, and sharp critique to ask what it means to stand for justice when the nation is torn by conflict.

• Phillips’s view of John Brown and the meanings of his actions for American democracy.


• Discussion of how public opinion, law, and state power intersect in moments of upheaval.


• Reflections on liberty, tyranny, and the responsibilities of citizens and leaders.


• Accessible historical rhetoric that captures the mood and stakes of the abolitionist era.

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