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"We have met on a solemn occasion, and in this crowded assembly there is one thing that appears important, that is, for every one of us to be still, that if any thing should he said, every one may the better hear."

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About Elias Hicks

Elias Hicks was an American Quaker preacher and early advocate for abolition. His teachings helped shape the Hicksite branch that emerged in the nineteenth-century Quaker schism. He was a leading religious figure in New York Quaker communities.

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