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James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, Book 1: he keepeth the sheep. (search)
it. His first wife's character he himself has drawn, and the reader has seen the portrait. I have a few testimonials of John Brown's character during this long period, from men who knew him well. Mr. Baldwin, of Ohio, who has known him from 1814, considered him a man of rigid integrity and of ardent temperament. Mr. George Leech, who knew him from early boyhood, says that he always appeared strictly conscientious and honest, but of strong impulses and strong religious feelings. Mr. William S. C. Otis writes, I became acquainted with John Brown about the year 1836; soon after my removal to Akron, he became a client of mine; subsequently a resident of the township in which the town of Akron is situated; and, during a portion of the latter time, a member of a Bible class taught by me. In these relations which I sustained to Mr. Brown, I had a good opportunity to become acquainted with his mental, moral, and religious character. I always regarded him as a man of more than ordinary m
James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, Chapter 3: the man. (search)
it. His first wife's character he himself has drawn, and the reader has seen the portrait. I have a few testimonials of John Brown's character during this long period, from men who knew him well. Mr. Baldwin, of Ohio, who has known him from 1814, considered him a man of rigid integrity and of ardent temperament. Mr. George Leech, who knew him from early boyhood, says that he always appeared strictly conscientious and honest, but of strong impulses and strong religious feelings. Mr. William S. C. Otis writes, I became acquainted with John Brown about the year 1836; soon after my removal to Akron, he became a client of mine; subsequently a resident of the township in which the town of Akron is situated; and, during a portion of the latter time, a member of a Bible class taught by me. In these relations which I sustained to Mr. Brown, I had a good opportunity to become acquainted with his mental, moral, and religious character. I always regarded him as a man of more than ordinary m