Romantic days in old Boston; the story of the city and of its people during the nineteenth century . t occurred about thistime (on March 4, 183G) on the questionwhether citizens of non-slaveholding Statesmight or might not write and speak againstslavery. While the committee she writes,* were, with ostentatious negligence, keepingthe Abolitionists waiting, they, to whom thisbusiness was a prelude to life or death, wereearnestly consulting in groups. At the furtherend of the chamber Garrison and another;somewhat nearer. Dr. Follen looking Germanall over, and a deeper earnestness than usualoversp
Romantic days in old Boston; the story of the city and of its people during the nineteenth century . t occurred about thistime (on March 4, 183G) on the questionwhether citizens of non-slaveholding Statesmight or might not write and speak againstslavery. While the committee she writes,* were, with ostentatious negligence, keepingthe Abolitionists waiting, they, to whom thisbusiness was a prelude to life or death, wereearnestly consulting in groups. At the furtherend of the chamber Garrison and another;somewhat nearer. Dr. Follen looking Germanall over, and a deeper earnestness than usualoverspreading his serene and meditative coun-tenance. In consultation with him was EllisGray Loring, only too frail in form, but witha face radiant with inward light. There wereMay and Goodell and Sewall and several more,and many an anxious wife, sister or friendlooking down from the gallery. * During the suspense the door opened andDr. Channing entered, — one of the last peoplewho could, on that wintry afternoon, havebeen expected. He stood a few moments,muffled in his cloak and
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