The consciousness of the justice of his cause would carry him forward, though he were alone; but he could not but derive encouragement from considering with whom he was associated.

Let us not, he said, despair.

It is a blessed cause; and success, ere long, will crown our exertions.

Already we have gained one victory.

We have obtained for these poor creatures the recognition of their human nature[A], which, for a while, was most shamefully denied them.