He told him that he would sell his books and pawn his handkerchief, by which he thought he could raise about twelve shillings.

He said he could live upon blackberries, nuts and field turnips, and was willing to sleep on a hayrick.

Here was real grit.

What were impossibilities to such a resolute will?
Patrick Henry voiced that decision which characterized the great men of the Revolution when he said, "Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?
Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!" Look at Garrison reading this advertisement in a Southern paper: "Five thousand dollars will be paid for the head of W.L.Garrison by the Governor of Georgia." Behold him again; a broadcloth mob is leading him through the streets of Boston by a rope.

He is hurried to jail.