John O'Kane Murray

"I have written simply as a Catholic, uninfluenced either by sectional prejudice, or undue partiality for any religious society in the Church. But I have not forgotten that impartiality consists in telling the truth. Having grown up in this Western World, a child of that ancient, rock-built Church, whose American career I have endeavored so feebly to portray, it was but natural that the heart warmed to its subject, and that the courage which is inspired by the love of justice cheered on the long hours of labor."