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Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2, Chapter 3: the Clerical appeal.—1837. (search)
rbid that I should glory save in the cross of Christ, by whom I am crucified unto the world, and the world unto me. It cannot but cheer my heart to know that I have secured the approbation and love of the best people in the land, because it has naturally followed my advocacy of a righteous though unpopular cause; Par justice, il [M. le duc de la Valliere] m'a honore d'une estime que j'ai meritee; car si l'amitie s'accorde, l'estime s'exige, et si l'une est un don, l'autre est une dette (Beaumarchais, Memoirs). but mere human applause is in itself no evidence of personal worth. At the State House, our meeting was thronged to excess. One of our daily papers estimates that not less than five thousand persons went away, being unable to obtain admittance! It was expected that our enemies would rally strongly on that occasion; but, as a test of the character and feelings of the audience, I will merely state that when Ellis Gray Loring, in the course of his speech, bestowed a strong pa