SermonI do not pretend to understand the moral universe, the arc is a long one... But from what I see I am sure it bends towards justice.Theodore Parker1853★ 8.7
Speech · Political speechThe ground which a colored man occupies in this country is, every inch of it, sternly disputed.Frederick Douglass1853★ 5.5
Personal journalLive in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.Henry David Thoreau1853★ 3.7
LetterYou have undertaken to cheat me. I won't sue you, for the law is too slow. I'll ruin you.Cornelius Vanderbilt1853★ 3.6
NovelLife is so constructed that the event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation.Charlotte Bronte1853★ 2.0
Speech · Political speechThe striking incidents of your history, replete with instruction and furnishing abundant grounds for hopeful confidence, are comprised in a period comparatively brief. But if your past is limited, your future is boundless. Its obligations throng the unexplored pathway of advancement, and will be limitless as duration.Franklin PierceInaugural Address of Franklin Pierce · 1853★ 1.9
Speech · Political speechI believe that involuntary servitude, as it exists in different States of this Confederacy, is recognized by the Constitution. I believe that it stands like any other admitted right, and that the States where it exists are entitled to efficient remedies to enforce the constitutional provisions.Franklin PierceInaugural Address of Franklin Pierce · 1853★ 1.9
SpeechWherever there is a human being, I see God-given rights inherent in that being, whatever may be the sex or complexion.William Lloyd Garrison1853★ 1.9
NovelThe one great principle of the English law is to make business for itself.Charles DickensBleak House · 1853★ 1.3
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