Charles Sumner: “Howe and others, he devoted much of his time to the great philanthropic and social problems of the day,--Slavery…”

“Howe and others, he devoted much of his time to the great philanthropic and social problems of the day,--Slavery, Pauperism, Crime, and Prison Discipline,--and gradually the overshadowing social, political, and national importance of the Slave question drew him first before the people and into public life.”