If from his father he drew a courage and a fierce determination before which his enemies fled in confusion, from his mother he inherited those milder qualities that won for him friends as true and devoted as man ever possessed.
Creswell contrasts the qualities inherited from both parents, highlighting the balance of courage and gentleness.
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They were on their knees praying for peace, ignorant that bloody war had already girded on his sword.
How many of those who have since charged him with being selfish and reckless in his advocacy of emancipation would have shown equal devotion to principle?
But in the presence of the Omnipotent how insignificant is the proudest and the noblest of men!
He never would hold any of his slaves under his authority, never would accept a cent of their wages, and tendered each and all of them a deed of absolute manumission whenever the law would allow.
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