[Eighty Years And More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 by Elizabeth Cady Stanton]@TWC D-Link bookEighty Years And More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 CHAPTER V 19/32
The prayer was directed so pointedly at the followers of Elias Hicks, and at Lucretia Mott in particular, that I whispered to Lucretia, at the close, that she should now pray for Mrs.Fry, that her eyes might be opened to her bigotry and uncharitableness, and be led by the Spirit into higher light.
"Oh, no!" she replied, "a prayer of this character, under the circumstances, is an unfair advantage to take of a stranger, but I would not resent it in the house of her friends." In these gatherings we met the leading Quaker families and many other philanthropists of different denominations interested in the anti-slavery movement.
On all these occasions our noble Garrison spoke most effectively, and thus our English friends had an opportunity of enjoying his eloquence, the lack of which had been so grave a loss in the convention. We devoted a month sedulously to sightseeing in London, and, in the line of the traveler's duty, we explored St.Paul's Cathedral, the British Museum, the Tower, various prisons, hospitals, galleries of art, Windsor Castle, and St.James's Palace, the Zoological Gardens, the schools and colleges, the chief theaters and churches, Westminster Abbey, the Houses of Parliament, and the Courts.
We heard the most famous preachers, actors, and statesmen.
In fact, we went to the top and bottom of everything, from the dome of St.Paul to the tunnel under the Thames, just then in the process of excavation.
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