"
[48] By Charles Gallaudet Trumbull; New York, Fleming H. Revell Co.
(1913).
[49] An example: "All the evil men in New York cannot harm a hair of my
head, were it not the will of God. If it be His will, what right have I
or any one to say aught? I am only a speck, a mite, before God, yet not
a hair of my head can be harmed unless it be His will. Oh, to live, to
feel, to be--Thy will be done!" (pp. 84-5). Again: "I prayed that, if my
bill might not pass, I might go back to New York submissive to God's
will, feeling that it was for the best. I asked for forgiveness and
asked that my bill might pass, if possible; but over and above all, that
the will of God be done" (p. 6). Nevertheless, Comstock neglected no
chance to apply his backstairs pressure to the members of both Houses.
[50] Now, with amendments, sections 211, 212 and 245 of the United
States Criminal Code.
[51] _Vide_ Anthony Comstock, Fighter, pp. 81, 85, 94.
[52] Now sections 1141, 1142 and 1143 of the Penal Laws of New York.
[53] U. S. _vs._ Casper, reported in the _Twentieth Century_, Feb.
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