It's a necessity now, according to me. It's a withstanding of injustice, past, present, or to come. It may be like war; along wi' it come crimes; but I think it were a greater crime to let it alone. Our only chance is binding men together in one common interest; and if some are cowards and some are fools, they mun come along and join the great march, whose only strength is in numbers."
"Oh!" said Mr. Hale, sighing, "your Union in itself would be beautiful, glorious--it would be Christianity itself--if it were but for an end which affected the good of all, instead of that of merely one class as opposed to another."
"I reckon it's time for me to be going, sir," said Higgins, as the clock struck ten.

It's a necessity now. It's a withstanding of injustice, past, present, or to come. It may be like war; crimes come along wi' it, but I think it were a greater crime to let it alone. Our only chance is binding men together in one common interest; and if some are cowards or fools, they must join the great march, whose only strength is in numbers.'
'Oh!' said Mr. Hale, sighing, 'your Union would be glorious - it would be Christianity itself - if it were only for an end which affected the good of all, instead of that of merely one class as opposed to another.'
'I reckon it's time for me to be going, sir,' said Higgins, as the clock struck ten.
