It is pleasant to remember that he never seriously injured any of his victims, and only once came near fatally shooting himself with a pistol.

The ball went through his hand; happily a brass button prevented it from penetrating his heart.
It is often said, by those who know Miss Anthony best, that she has been my good angel, always pushing and goading me to work, and that but for her pertinacity I should never have accomplished the little I have.

On the other hand it has been said that I forged the thunderbolts and she fired them.

Perhaps all this is, in a measure, true.

With the cares of a large family I might, in time, like too many women, have become wholly absorbed in a narrow family selfishness, had not my friend been continually exploring new fields for missionary labors.