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Rh the brilliancy, the eloquence, of this extraordinary orator. It is impossible to imagine anything more striking than her appearance. The tall, majestic form; the deep, almost solemn expression of her eyes; the shapely contour of the finely formed head, unadorned excepting by its own natural ringlets; her garment of plain white muslin, which hung in folds that recalled the drapery of a Grecian statue—all contributed to produce an effect unlike anything I had ever seen before, or ever expect to see again.”

Colonel John W. Forney, in his "Recollections,” says: "Writing about public men, I am not willing to exclude myself from the opportunity of saying something about the celebrated women who have figured in American history. Prominent among my own recollections, was the versatile and original Frances Wright. She excited much comment by her leveling doctrines and extravagant language. I shall always remember the effect produced by the lectures of this indefatigable and really gifted woman as