第13章 I Have a Dream (8)(2 / 3)

that

is,it

is

unjust

that

I

should

suffer

such

a

penalty.

Had

I

interfered

in

the

manner

which

I

admit,and

which

I

admit

has

been

fairly

proved

(for

I

admire

the

truthfulness

and

candor

of

the

greater

portion

of

the

witnesses

who

have

testified

in

this

case)-had

I

so

interfered

in

behalf

of

the

rich,the

powerful,the

intelligent,the

so-called

great,or

in

behalf

of

any

of

their

friends-either

father,mother,brother,sister,wife

or

children,or

any

of

that

class-and

suffered,and

sacrificed

what

I

have

in

this

interference,it

would

have

been

all

right;and

every

man

in

this

court

would

have

deemed

it

an

act

worthy

of

reward

rather

than

punishment.

This

court

acknowledges,as

I

suppose,the

validity

of

the

law

of

God,I

see

a

book

kissed,which

I

suppose

to

be

the

Bible,or

at

least

the

New

Testament.

That

teaches

me

that

all

things

whatsoever

I

would

that

men

should

do

to

me

I

should

do

even

so

to

them.

It

teaches

me,further,to“remember

them

that

are

in

bonds

as

bound

with

them”.

I

endeavored

to

act

up

to

that

instruction.

I

say

I

am

yet

too

young

to

understand

that

God

is

any

respecter

of

persons.

I

believe

that

to

have

interfered

as

I

have

done-as

I

have

always

freely

admitted

I

have