[U] “There was no getting rid of it [the thought of his condition]. It was pressed upon me by every object within sight or hearing, animate or inanimate. The silver trump of freedom had roused my soul to eternal wakefulness. Freedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever. It was heard in every sound, and seen in everything. It was ever present to torment me with a sense of my wretched condition. I saw nothing without seeing it, I heard nothing without hearing it, and felt nothing without feeling it. It looked from every star; it smiled in every calm, breathed in every wind, and moved in every storm.”--_Autobiography_, pp. 40, 41. TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES: Italicized text is surrounded by underscores: _italics_. Superscripted characters are preceded by a carat character: Rob^t. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. Archaic or alternate spellings which may have been in use at the time of publication have been retained. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Autographs for Freedom, by Various