Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience.

In November 1861 Clarke was in Washington D. Ordained into the Unitarian church he first became an active minister at Louisville Kentucky then a slave state and soon threw himself into the national movement for the abolition of slavery. In addition to sermons speeches hymnals and liturgies he publiJames Freeman Clarked 28 books and over 120 pamphlets during his lifetime.

James Freeman Clarke (April 4 1810 – June 8 1888) an American theologian and author.