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Why would they do that?!
Why would they...? They shot my son! Why would they do that?! They shot my son. [Douglass]
The question is, did John Brown fail? He certainly did fail
to get out of Harpers Ferry before being beaten down
by United States soldiers, and to lead a liberating army into the mountains of Virginia. So, did John Brown
draw his sword against slavery and thereby lose his life
in vain? And to this I answer
10,000 times no. No man fails
or can ever fail who so grandly gives himself
and all he has to a righteous cause
Why would they...? They shot my son! Why would they do that?! They shot my son. [Douglass]
The question is, did John Brown fail? He certainly did fail
to get out of Harpers Ferry before being beaten down
by United States soldiers, and to lead a liberating army into the mountains of Virginia. So, did John Brown
draw his sword against slavery and thereby lose his life
in vain? And to this I answer
10,000 times no. No man fails
or can ever fail who so grandly gives himself
and all he has to a righteous cause
Full Transcript
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Why would they do that?!
Why would they...?
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They shot my son!
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Why would they do that?!
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They shot my son.
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[Douglass]
The question is,
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did John Brown fail?
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He certainly did fail
to get out of Harpers Ferry
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before being beaten down
by United States soldiers,
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and to lead a liberating army
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into the mountains of Virginia.
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So, did John Brown
draw his sword against slavery
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and thereby lose his life
in vain?
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And to this I answer
10,000 times no.
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No man fails
or can ever fail
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who so grandly gives himself
and all he has
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to a righteous cause.
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Movie Summary
Ethan Hawke stars as abolitionist John Brown in this series based on the novel. "Onion" is a fictional enslaved boy who becomes a member of Brown's family of abolitionist soldiers and finds himself in the 1859 raid at Harpers Ferry.