It was his part, by one striking act of martyrdom, to direct all men's eyes on that distressful country.

At a blow, and with the price of his life, he made the place illustrious and public.

And that, if you will consider largely, was the one reform needful; pregnant of all that should succeed.

It brought money; it brought (best individual addition of them all) the sisters; it brought supervision, for public opinion and public interest landed with the man at Kalawao.

If ever any man brought reforms, and died to bring them, it was he.