He was poor, but he was once more his own; and he owed a duty to the mad multitude around him which he was bound to discharge.

"My friends," said he, "I am with you, for better or for worse.

You kindly permit me to share in your prosperity, and now, in the day of your trial and adversity, I will stand by you.

There has gone out from among us an incarnate evil influence, a fact which calls for our profound gratitude.

I confess with shame that I have not only felt it, but have shaped myself, though unconsciously, to it.