On November 22, 1859, the Providence Daily Journal stated that although Brown's `` pluck '' and honest fanaticism must be admired, any honor paid to Brown would only induce other fanatics to imitate his actions.

" Thoreau also points out the irony of The Liberator, an abolitionist newspaper, labeling Brown's actions as misguided.

During much of Brown's 1979-1980 bid to become the Democratic presidential candidate, Curb served as acting governor, vetoing legislation, issuing executive orders and making appointments ; actions the California's Supreme Court upheld as Curb's constitutional prerogative.

It featured in Tom Brown's Schooldays as the inn at which Tom stays prior to travelling to Rugby School.

A few years prior to Brown's article, New York State in 1886 established a committee to determine a new, more humane system of execution to replace hanging.

As with Himan Brown's prior Inner Sanctum Mysteries, each episode of CBS Radio Mystery Theater opened and closed with the ominous sound of a creaking crypt door, accompanied by Marshall's disturbing utterance, " Come in.

He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1929 for Thunderbolt, played the title role in The Wolf of Wall Street ( 1929, released just prior to the Wall Street Crash ), and appeared in Paramount's all-star revue Paramount on Parade ( 1930 ) and Rowland Brown's Blood Money ( 1933 ), condemned by the censors because they feared the film would " incite law-abiding citizens to crime.

Brown's appointment filled the vacancy created when prior captain Rob Blake left the Kings in free agency to sign with the San Jose Sharks on July 3, 2008.

Injury again cut his season short, but, 2005 was clearly Brown's best individual season as he averaged 8 marks, 18 disposals and 2. 8 goals per game during the 12 games he played prior to round 17, before a severe bout of osteitis pubis prevented him from having any influence in his last two games.

Brown's jersey number (# 99 ) was retired by the Eagles on September 6, 1992, in an emotional pre-game ceremony at Veterans Stadium, prior to the Eagles ' first game of the 1992 season.

His accomplice Joe who was originally instructed not to arm himself tacitly admits " he had no other choice " and it becomes clear Joe went against Brown's prior instructions.

In 1980, after going 3-8 the year prior, Iowa State improved their record to 6-5 in large part due to RB Dwayne Crutchfield ( 1, 312 yards with 11 TD ) and Mack Brown's offense.

The LSU Tigers improved their record to 8-3-1 from 3-7-1 the year prior in large part due to the Mack Brown's coaching of QB Alan Risher who threw for 1, 834 yards with 17 TD vs 8 INT.

* " John Brown's Body ", Union marching song of the American Civil War

Thoreau's speech proved persuasive: first the abolitionist movement began to accept Brown as a martyr, and by the time of the American Civil War entire armies of the North were literally singing Brown's praises.

Laughton also directed a staged reading in 1953 of Stephen Vincent Benét's John Brown's Body, a full-length poem about the American Civil War and its aftermath.

" The song " John Brown's Body " made him a heroic martyr and was a popular Union marching song during the Civil War.

Its history includes episodes related to the French and Indian War, the Whiskey Rebellion, John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, and the American Civil War.

With John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry in 1859 and the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, the situation for this abolitionist colony appeared bleak.

Although largely called a failure at the time, the raid and Brown's subsequent execution impelled the American Civil War.

" Along the same lines, some versions of the famous Civil War marching song " John Brown's Body " refer to John Brown's abolitionist activities in Kansas Territory during the same era.

In recent years, some Civil Rights Movement historians have pointed to Brown's drug arrest and release without charges ( after bringing a quantity of cocaine into San Quentin prison ) in 1975 as now being worthy of closer historical examination ..

Benét is best known for his book-length narrative poem of the American Civil War, John Brown's Body ( 1928 ), for which he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1929, and for two short stories, " The Devil and Daniel Webster " ( 1936 ) and " By the Waters of Babylon " ( 1937 ).

In 1998, The Berkeley, California-based Bicycle Civil Liberties Union, produced a two hour documentary film in the muckraker journalism tradition, " July 25th: The Secret is Out ," which gives evidence of Brown's designs for the Transbay Terminal site.

The script was co-written by Stephen Vincent Benét, author of the Civil War prose poem John Brown's Body.

" Lawrence became a key figure in the United States abolition movement in the years leading up to the Civil War, during which he contributed large amounts of capital to the Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company and John Brown's abolitionism, played a major role in the crucial border state of Kansas ( see Kansas-Nebraska Act ), and also contributed to funds for the colonization of free negroes in Liberia.

* Battle of Brown's Ferry, an American Civil War battle also known as Brown's Ferry or Battle of Wauhatchie at the Tennessee ferry crossing point

" John Brown's Body ", the marching song of the American Civil War, was based on the tune of an earlier camp-meeting and revival hymn, and was later fitted with the words " Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord ", by Julia Ward Howe.

With social tensions increasing in the years leading up to the American Civil War, and especially after John Brown's Raid, in December 1859 a band of armed pro-slavery men came to Berea while Fee was still away in the East.

* 1814 – War of 1812: Battle of Lundy's Lane – reinforcements arrive near Niagara Falls for General Riall's British and Canadian forces and a bloody, all-night battle with Jacob Brown's Americans commences at 18. 00 ; the Americans retreat to Fort Erie.

* 1814 – War of 1812: General Phineas Riall advances toward the Niagara River to halt Jacob Brown's American invaders.

Alexander Stewart states that the popular feel was passed along from " New Orleans — through James Brown's music, to the popular music of the 1970s ," adding: " The singular style of rhythm & blues that emerged from New Orleans in the years after World War II played an important role in the development of funk.

* July 24 – War of 1812: General Phineas Riall advances toward Niagara Falls, Ontario to halt Jacob Brown's American invaders.

** War of 1812 – Battle of Lundy's Lane: Reinforcements arrive near Niagara Falls, Ontario for General Riall's British and Canadian force, and a bloody, all-night battle with Jacob Brown's Americans commences at 1800 hours ; Americans retreat to Fort Erie.

Alexander Stewart states that the popular feel was passed along from " New Orleans — through James Brown's music, to the popular music of the 1970s ," adding: " The singular style of rhythm & blues that emerged from New Orleans in the years after World War II played an important role in the development of funk.

After World War II, she appeared in Alexander Korda's An Ideal Husband ( 1947 ), from the Oscar Wilde play, but her remaining film appearances were in supporting roles, usually maternal, such as in Tom Brown's Schooldays ( 1951 ) and as the secretive mother ( of James Mason's character ) in Island in the Sun ( 1957 ).

Brown's victories in the Independence War, the Cisplatine War, and the Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata earned the respect and appreciation of the Argentine people, and today he is regarded as one of Argentina's national heroes.

Following the turbulence of the Watts Riots, the Free Speech Movement at the University of California, Berkeley, the Vietnam War Protests, and Death Penalty politics, a law-and-order Reagan dramatically unseated Brown, who had pledged only 2 terms, with 58 % to 42 %, winning another similarly huge majority as Brown's ' 58 gubernatorial success over Knowland, with some 990, 000 more votes.

The demand for new houses after the First World War lead to the rapid expansion of brickmaking in the area and St Brown's brickworks was opened on the site of clayfields in Shire Lane.

During the Second World War Brown's new heavier tractor, the VAK1, was produced, with over 7, 700 units eventually sold, making Brown a wealthy man.

Although a failure, Brown's attempt reflected Britain's national anxiety in the wake of the Seven Years ' War.