He did not need the earnest exhortation of Lundy to impress upon his memory the importance of "activity and steady perseverance." He perceived almost at once that everything depended on them.

And so he had formed plans for a vigorous campaign against the existence of slavery in the District of Columbia.

But before he was ready to set out along the line of work, which he had laid down for Massachusetts, the scene of his labors shifted to Bennington, Vermont.

Before he left Boston, Lundy had recognized him as "a valuable coadjutor." The relationship between the two men was becoming beautifully close.

The more Lundy saw of Garrison, the more he must have seemed to him a man after his own heart.