He was almost super-anxious lest it be said that the fear of the mob drove him out of Boston, and that the fear of it kept him out.

This super-anxiety in that regard his friends to a certain degree shared with him.

It was a phase of Abolition grit.

Danger attracted this new species of reformers as a magnet draws iron.

Instead of running away from it, they were, with one accord, forever rushing into it.