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 pivotal 1859 lecture that places slavery’s moral crisis at the center of American life.

Wendell Phillips uses John Brown’s actions to probe justice, government, and the nation’s conscience.

In this edition, readers witness a fiery oration that connects abolitionist courage with the nation’s political and legal ideals. The speaker weighs success and failure, and argues that moral conviction can shape public opinion and policy even in the heat of national conflict. The text is a window into the hard choices and fierce debates that defined the era.

The book invites you to consider how one man’s act can expose the delicate workings of government, the duty of citizens, and the boundary between law and justice. It foregrounds themes of liberty, duty, and the costs of standing for principle in a divided country.

• Context for John Brown’s role in the abolitionist movement and its reception in the 1850s.
• An examination of how public opinion and political fear shape concepts of government and justice.
• Discussion of courage, sacrifice, and the moral stakes of national conflict.
• Connections between individual action and broader social change in a prewar United States.

Ideal for readers of historical rhetoric, abolition-era thought, and American moral philosophy.

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