{"id":837,"date":"2007-01-09T20:24:59","date_gmt":"2007-01-10T01:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theliberatorfiles.com\/837"},"modified":"2007-01-09T20:24:59","modified_gmt":"2007-01-10T01:24:59","slug":"thomas-wentworth-higginson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theliberatorfiles.com\/thomas-wentworth-higginson\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Wentworth Higginson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>February 11, 1853<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>A speech by Higginson, at Faneuil Hall, during the recent MASS annual meeting.<br \/>\n&#8220;&#8230; I should speak on agitation, and not of agitators&#8230;. agitation is destined to go on, whether you give the funds or not; but you can do much to accelerate it&#8230;.It is not for us to control agitation; it is slavery which creates it, and not the Anti-Slavery Society.\u00a0 While slavery exists, the agitation will go on.\u00a0 Its foundations are laid deeper than any poor plans of ours. 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