 There are certain hideous sights which when once seen can never be wholly erased from the mental retina. The mere fact of having seen them implies degradation. This is a thousandfold stronger when, instead of merely seeing the deed, the man has participated...  America's Greatest Problem: the Negro - Page 232by Robert Wilson Shufeldt - 1915 - 377 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1903 - 1028 pages
...fiendish deeds as hanging or burn?n accused of crime the president says with absolutely no exaggeration : "There are certain hideous sights which, when once seen, can never be whollyerased from the mental retina. The mere fact of having seen them implies degradation. This is... | |
 | Patterson Du Bois - 1903 - 344 pages
...even when the real criminal is reached, the wrong done by the mob to the community itself is well nigh as great. Especially is this true where the lynching...participated in it. Whoever in any part of our country has ever taken part in lawlessly putting to death a criminal by the dreadful torture of fire must forever... | |
 | 1903 - 894 pages
...deeds as hanging or burning men accused of crime the president says with absolutely no exaggeration : "There are certain hideous sights which, when once...participated in it. Whoever in any part of our country has ever taken part in lawlessly putting to death a criminal by the dreadful torture of fire must forever... | |
 | United States. President (1901-1909 : Roosevelt), Theodore Roosevelt - 1904 - 512 pages
...become customary to avenge these crimes and at the consequences that are already proceeding therefrom. It is of course inevitable that where vengeance is...participated in it. Whoever in any part of our country has ever taken part in lawlessly putting to death a criminal by the dreadful torture of fire must forever... | |
 | Peter Schmidt - 2010 - 272 pages
...Whlte on the Global Frontier HYPNOTISM AND AMBIVALENCE IN THOMAS DIXON AND OWEN WISTER (1900-1905) There are certain hideous sights which when once seen...mere fact of having seen them implies degradation. Whoever . . . has ever taken part in lawlessly putting to death a criminal by the dreadful torture... | |
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