He knows very well whatsoever he would have done unto himself, but is quite in doubt as to having the{367} same thing done unto others.

It is just here, that lions spring up in the path of duty, and the battle once fought in heaven is refought on the earth.

So it is, so hath it ever been, and so must it ever be, when the claims of justice and mercy make their demand at the door of human selfishness.

Nevertheless, there is that within which ever pleads for the right and the just.
In conclusion, I have taken a sober view of the present anti-slavery movement.

I am sober, but not hopeless.