Excerpt from The Man: The Hero: The Christian: An Eulogy on the Life and Character of Thomas Clarkson; Delivered in the City of New-York; Dec, 1846 Not the least discouraged - yea, rather still confident, the friends of Abolition still continued their efforts for the destruction of the Slave trade. Mr. Clarkson was abundant in labors, unwearied in exertion, collecting evidence, addressing meetings, travelling long journeys; In the midst of a l, the fire of his youthful determinations kept him ever under an intense excitement. This, with his constant labors, anxieties, and difficulties, proved hurtful to his health. Nature could not stand all this wear; and in 1793 his powers gave way, and he was forced to retire from the field. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.