He at once felt as if he could most cheerfully labor, heart and hand, with such a man, and has for the last three or four years been a faithful co-worker with him, in the holy cause of immediate emancipation.
Grimké describes a man's commitment to work alongside Garrison for emancipation after meeting him.
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