John Brown, Soldier of Fortune: A Critique

A Critique

John Brown
A Critique
HILL PEEBLES WILSON
Mr. Vallandigham : Mr. Brown, who sent you here?
John Brown : No man sent me here; it was my own prompting and that of my Maker, or that of the Devil, whichever you please to ascribe it to. I acknowledge no master in human form.
Post, 313
THE CORNHILL COMPANY BOSTON Copyright, 1913 Hill Peebles Wilson Copyright, 1918 The Cornhill Company
TO THE MEMORY OF MRS. SARA T. D. ROBINSON OF KANSAS

The writer of this book is not an iconoclast, neither has he prejudged John Brown. In 1859 the character was impressed upon his attention in a personal way. An older brother, Joseph E. Wilson, was a member of the company of marines that made the assault on the engine-house at Harper's Ferry, on the morning of October 18th; and from him he heard the story of the fight, and about Brown.