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A PROPAGANDIST OF PEACE 
125. Possibly the first man to recognize in a practical way the 
utter absence of a divine right to homage was WILLIAM PENN, 
founder of Pennsylvania, constructive proponent of the Quakers, 
and just administrator of the rights of the American Indian. 
Of aristocratic descent, his sire successively being lieutenant, 
captain, rear-admiral, vice-admiral and admiral of the British 
navy, he found in his collegiate days at Oxford ample oppor- 
tunity to display a rugged plebeianism by opposing what he 
considered to be popish usages, the wearing of student gowns 
and the display of honorary vestments. Thereafter, despite a 
punishment that involved his flight to France, he fought a con- 
tinuous battle within himself, pitting his sturdy spirit as dis- 
played in his numerous published defenses of the Quakers, 
against the more insidious acceptance of the honors and pastimes 
that were his by heritage and by his wide acquaintance among 
blooded families. A personal friend and ardent supporter of 
RogpertT SPENCER, JoHN LocKE, GeorGE Fox and ALGERNON SID- 
NEY, he lived in the favor of CHarLes II and James II of Eng- 
land, and Louis XIV of France, while his personal courage earned 
him respect in the court of the austere WILLIAM OF ORANGE. 
Wituram Penn was born October 14, 1644, in London, Eng- 
land. Owing to the sea-faring pursuits of his father, he spent 
his young life under his mother’s tutelage, and from her received 
his strong religious faith. Part of his childhood was spent in 
Shenagarry, County Cork, his father’s Irish estate. His education 
was thorough, the Oxford foundations being supplemented by 
discipleship under Moses AMYRAULT, one of France’s ablest scho- 
lars, and a member of the Reformed Church. 
His literary talents led to an early recognition of his religious 
convictions. The turning point in his life was reached in Cork, 
Sept. 3, 1667, when in company with the entire congregation he 
was arrested for listening to the Quaker teachings of his old 
