As men like thee, who take delight
In helping others to live right.
Lucretia Jenks.
Rhode Island, 22, 11mo., 1885.
When Dr. Ross had attained his fiftieth birthday, he was the recipient of many tokens of regard and congratulations from friends and co-workers. From the poet Whittier the following: —
Dear Friend—Thy fifty years have not been idle ones, but filled with good works; I hope another half century may be added to them.
From Wendell Phillips:—
My dear Ross—Measured by the good you have done in your fifty years, you have already lived a century.
From Harriet Beecher Stowe:—
Dear Dr. Ross—As you look back over your fifty years, what a comfort to you must be the reflection that you have saved so many from the horrors of slavery.