Statistics for occurrence #1 of “John Brown” in chapter 19, page 493 of Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 3:
...years of moral agitation—a change so great, indeed, that whereas, ten years since, there were thousands who could not endure my lightest word of rebuke of the South, they can now easily swallow John Brown whole, and his rifle into the bargain.
In firing his gun, he has merely told us what time of day it is. It is high noon, thank God!
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