Note 7 — Chapter XI
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Whittier thus gives the position which the Society of Friends held:
"Nursed in the faith that Truth alone is strong In the endurance which outwearies wrong, With meek persistence baffling brutal force, And trusting God against the universe; Are doomed to watch a strife we may not share With other weapons than a patriot's prayer; "Yet owning with full hearts and moistened eyes, The awful beauty of self-sacrifice, And wrung by keenest sympathy for all Who give their loved ones for the living wall 'Twixt law and treason."
[8] In tracing out the course of these travels I have used the spelling given in Bradley's Atlas of the World.
[9] From Life of Abdel-Kader, by Col. Churchill.
[10] Eli Jones spoke his mission in English. Alfred Fox translated it into German, and the Jew gave it to the Arab sultan in his own language. Through the medium of three of the world's great languages the representatives of these three great religions expressed their thoughts to each other, and the burden of the thoughts was love and gratitude. The message being given, refreshments were put before the strangers, and then Abdel-Kader withdrew as a courtesy, so that these visitors might not be constrained to go out backward from his presence—an honor due to him as sultan.
[11] New England Discipline, p. 14.