the gallows
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Ralph Waldo Emerson declared that Brown would “make the gallows as glorious as the cross.”
From Slate • Apr. 2, 2026
As Ralph Waldo Emerson saw it, Brown’s death on the scaffold turned him into a “new Saint awaiting his martyrdom, and who, if he shall suffer, will make the gallows glorious like the cross.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025
When the real-life Höss was executed for his crimes in April 1947, the gallows was built just 100 meters from this once-cherished house, a domestic paradise that operated in the shadow of an inferno.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2023
The non-contact injury came about three minutes into what was billed as the last game of her illustrious athletic career, which may explain the gallows humor.
From Washington Times • Nov. 12, 2023
Richard Rumbold, a Puritan soldier convicted of treason in 1685, who spoke the words from the gallows.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
