George Haven Putnam

(1844–1930) Writer

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George Haven Putnam was a writer.

Quick Facts About George Haven Putnam

Born: April 2, 1844
Died: February 27, 1930
Profession: Writer

About George Haven Putnam

[Wikidata] American soldier, publisher, and author (1844–1930)... | [Wikipedia] George Haven Putnam A.M., Litt.D. was an American publisher, soldier, and writer. He was the president of G. P. Putnam's Sons for its first 52 years, from 1872.

Quotes by George Haven Putnam

John Brown's effort was peculiar. It was not a slave insurrection.

George Haven Putnam

Brown

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Your purpose, then, plainly stated, is, that you will destroy the Government, unless you be allowed to construe and enforce the Constitution…

George Haven Putnam

Allowed

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But you say you are conservative - eminently conservative - while we are revolutionary, destructive, or something of the sort. What is…

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Adherence

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Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false accusations against us, nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction to…

George Haven Putnam

Accusation

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We have been so trying to convince them from the very beginning of our organization, but with no success.

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Been

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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…

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Ends

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