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The above quote is ascribed to Stephen Grellet (see, below),
but this is disputed by some people.
was a prominent Quaker missionary. Born Etienne de Grellet du Mabillier, son to a counsellor of King Louis XVI,
at 17, he entered the King’s Body-Guard.
During The French Revolution of 1792, he was sentenced
to be executed, but escaped and eventually fled Europe
to The United States in 1795, where, in 1796, he joined
The Religious Society of Friends (The Quakers).