My counselors dissuaded me.

I lacked your courage." "There seemed no other way," she broke in hurriedly, her convictions conquering her timidity.

"I wanted so much to do something--not alone for these blacks--but something for the good of America, the good of the world.

And I failed, to-day." "The work of the Colonization Society has gone on for many years," gently insisted the first speaker, raising a hand, "and made it no serious complications.

Your own work has been much bolder, and, to be frank, there _have_ been complications.