A slave seldom dies, but that his death is attributed to trickery.] [Footnote 7: He was a whole-souled man, fully imbued with a love of his afflicted and hunted people, and took pleasure in being to me, as was his wont, "Eyes to the blind, and legs to the lame." This brave and devoted man suffered much from the persecutions common to all who have been prominent benefactors.

He at last became blind, and needed a friend to guide him, even as he had been a guide to others.

Even in his blindness, he exhibited his manly character.

In search of health, he became a physician.

When hope of gaining is( sic) own was gone, he had hope for others.