It Was Unlawful, As Well As Unsafe,

A War Undertaken And Brazenly Carried On For The Perpetual Enslavement Of Colored Men, Calls Logically And Loudly For Colored Men To Help Suppress It.

Opportunity Is Important But Exertion Is Indispensable.

I Glory In The Conflict, That I May Hereafter Exult In The Victory. I Know That Victory Is Certain.

[...] Endless Action And Reaction. Those Beautifully Rounded Pebbles Which You Gather On The Sand And Which You Hold In Your Hand And Marvel At Their Exceeding Smoothness, Were Chiseled Into Their Varies And Graceful Forms By The Ceaseless Action Of Countless Waves. Nature Is Herself A Great Worker And Never Tolerates, Without Certain Rebuke, Any Contradiction To Her Wise Example. Inaction Is Followed By Stagnation. Stagnation Is Followed By Pestilence And Pestilence Is Followed By Death.

I Had As Well Be Killed Running As Die Standing