In the course of it I had also much satisfaction on another account.

I found the old friends of the cause still faithful to it.

It was remarkable, however, that the youth of the rising generation knew but little about the question.

For the last eight or nine years the committee had not circulated any books; and the debates in the Commons during that time had not furnished them with the means of an adequate knowledge concerning it.

When, however, I conversed with these, as I travelled along, I discovered a profound attention to what I said; an earnest desire to know more of the subject; and a generous warmth in favour of the injured Africans, which I foresaw could soon be turned into enthusiasm.