“I shall pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.”
—Stephen Grellet
The French-born Quaker Stephen Grellet came to the United States in 1795 after escaping execution during the French Revolution, since he was a member of the King’s guard…