In his own, beloved Maine, his own beloved law had been trampled down in some places; in others made the football of designing politicians.

These reverses saddened the old hero's heart, and he sent to the public meeting in Portland which celebrated his ninety-third birthday this message: "That the purpose of my life work will be fully accomplished at some time I do not doubt, and my hope and expectation is that the obstacles which now obstruct us will not long block the way." The name of Neal Dow will be always memorable as one of the truest, bravest and purest philanthropists of the nineteenth century.
The most important organization for the promotion of temperance in our country is the National Temperance Society and Publication House, which was founded in 1865.

I prepared its constitution, and the committee which organized it met in the counting room of that eminent Christian merchant, the late Hon.

William E.Dodge.I once introduced him to the Earl of Shaftesbury at a Lord Mayor's reception in London in these words: "My lord, let me introduce you to William E.Dodge, the Shaftesbury of America." To this day he is remembered as an ideal Christian merchant and philanthropist.

With him conscience ruled everything, and God ruled conscience.