John Brown (abolitionist) Quote

I am gaining in health slowly, and am quite cheerful in view of my approaching end, — being fully persuaded that I am worth inconceivably more to hang than any other purpose.

Letter to his brother Jeremiah (12 November 1859).

Full text of "The life and letters of John Brown, liberator of Kansas, and martyr of Virginia, ed. by F. B. Sanborn"