The Beacon Biographies of Eminent Americans Classic Reprint

Excerpt from The Beacon Biographies of Eminent Americans

To present a picture of the man, sepa rating him as much as possible from the controversies and hatreds which commonly rise up at the mention of his name, and to tell the story of his life plainly, without anguiry into the eject of his work, or any further estimate and comparison, would be quite enough to attempt in a biography of John Brown of Osawatomie as brief as this one must be. Brown's sacrifice has [been classed sometimes with that of Jesus of Nazareth, he has often been called mur derer, brigand, and traitor. He has been.

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