Quotes by John Brown Of all the men who were said to be my contemporaries, it seemed to me that John Brown was the only one who had not died. Henry David Thoreau john-brown dying men John Brown was tried for treason, murder, and inciting slaves to insurrection. John Sergeant Wise john-brown slave murder Beneath this slab John Brown is stowed. He watched the ads, And not the road. Ogden Nash john-brown slabs brown The 60s passed and faded and I grew older, and in 1987 bought a house in upstate New York, and it turned out that John Brown was buried down the road from my house and that he had lived there longer than anywhere else and his house was still standing. Russell Banks john-brown new-york house