All that she hoped from a financial standpoint was to pay the expenses of the trip, and had she desired fame or honor, she would not have sought it in these remote villages.

The diary relates: At Olean, not a church or schoolhouse could be obtained for the lecture and it would have had to be abandoned had not the landlord, Mr.Comstock, given the use of his dining-room....
At Angelica, nine towns represented; crowded house, courtroom carpeted with sawdust.

A young Methodist minister gave his name for the petition, but one of his wealthy parishioners told him he should leave the church unless it was withdrawn....
At Corning, none of the ministers would give the notice of our meeting, which so incensed some of the men that they went to the printing office, struck off handbills and had boys standing at the door of the churches as the people passed out.

Who was responsible for the Sabbath breaking ?...
At Elmira, took tea at Mrs.Holbrook's with Rev.Thomas K.Beecher.
His theology, as set forth that evening, is a dark and hopeless one.

He sees no hope for the progress of the race, does not believe that education even will improve the species.