"H. B. B." stood for a man might
quite naturally have believed that only a woman could own them.
Fortunately he was possessed of the sunniest possible temperament
and blessed with an unusual sense of humor which enabled him to
see things in their true proportions and make light of obstacles
in his path. The many and varied tributes that have been paid to
his memory all dwell upon his intense love of justice which led
him to wage war against oppression wherever he found it.... It
was my good fortune to be present at the celebration of Mr.
Blackwell's eightieth birthday in Faneuil Hall in Boston. With
great clarity of vision he defined the duty of the hour and said:
"But we can not afford to be a mutual admiration society, there
is still work to do." ... With what patience, fortitude and true
courage he and Lucy Stone, his wife, played their part in the
face of ridicule and opprobrium is now a matter of history. Women
who today live a freer life because of their labors and those of
their coadjutors must offer to their memory the highest meed of
praise.

Mrs. Catharine Waugh McCulloch: Lives consecrated to great
reforms, particularly to the advancement of a reform to
emancipate women, teach us that the age of chivalry is not past.
These great men whom we honor to-day were not, like the knights
of old, inspired by the love of some one woman whom they desired
to possess, but they strove for justice for those they loved best
and for us too, who were their friends, and for millions of women
they never knew. Their far-reaching chivalry was one of the most
important elements in the characters of Mr. Blackwell and Mr.
Garrison. Both of them were unusually fortunate in the women who
were their nearest and dearest. Mr. Blackwell's sister Elizabeth
was the first woman physician in the United States; his
sister-in-law, Antoinette Brown Blackwell, the first ordained
minister; his wife, Lucy Stone, one of the sweetest and truest of
the pioneer suffrage lecturers.

Mr. Garrison was not old enough to be related to so many
pioneers, except through his illustrious father, but his wife's
devotion to the suffrage work, his sister's unfaltering activity
and his association from boyhood with Boston's brilliant coterie
of renowned women, might well have influen