Excerpt from John G. Whittier: A Biographical Sketch

"And let us hope, as well we can,
That the silent angel who garners man
May find some grain as of old he found
In the human cornfield ripe and sound,
And the Lord of the Harvest deign to own
The precious seed by the fathers sown! "

"The Prophecy op Samuel Sewall."

"The firm endurance of suffering by the martyrs of conscience, if it be rightly contemplated, is the most consolatory spectacle in the crowded life of man ... of all destinies it is that which most exalts the sect or party whom it visits, and bestows on their story an undying command over the hearts of their fellow men."

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