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> [An enthusiast broods over the oppression of a people till he fancies himself commissioned by Heaven to liberate them. He ventures the attempt, which ends in little else than his own execution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-haven-putnam/an-enthusiast-broods-over-the-oppression-of-a-people-till-he-fancies/)

[George Haven Putnam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-haven-putnam/)

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## More by George Haven Putnam

> [John Brown's effort was peculiar. It was not a slave insurrection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-haven-putnam/john-brown-s-effort-was-peculiar-it-was-not-a-slave-insurrection/)

[George Haven Putnam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-haven-putnam/)

> [Your purpose, then, plainly stated, is, that you will destroy the Government, unless you be allowed to construe and enforce the Constitution as you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-haven-putnam/your-purpose-then-plainly-stated-is-that-you-will-destroy-the/)

[George Haven Putnam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-haven-putnam/)

> [But you say you are conservative - eminently conservative - while we are revolutionary, destructive, or something of the sort. What is conservatism? Is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-haven-putnam/but-you-say-you-are-conservative-eminently-conservative-while-we-are/)

[George Haven Putnam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-haven-putnam/)

> [Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false accusations against us, nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction to the Government…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-haven-putnam/neither-let-us-be-slandered-from-our-duty-by-false-accusations/)

[George Haven Putnam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-haven-putnam/)

> [We have been so trying to convince them from the very beginning of our organization, but with no success.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-haven-putnam/we-have-been-so-trying-to-convince-them-from-the-very-beginning-of/)

[George Haven Putnam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-haven-putnam/)

> [An enthusiast broods over the oppression of a people till he fancies himself commissioned by Heaven to liberate them. He ventures the attempt, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-haven-putnam/an-enthusiast-broods-over-the-oppression-of-a-people-till-he-fancies/)

[George Haven Putnam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-haven-putnam/)

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