"It happened at Arch street Yearly Meeting. Grandmother had spoken on a certain concern that was before the meeting. When she sat down, there was a long and weighty silence.  Finally she rose and said, 'I approve of the last Friend's remarks.'"   (Charles, Helen White. (ed.) 1961. Quaker Chuckles.    p. 5. The Cullen Printing Co. Oxford, Ohio.

Laura's  21st century comment:  A Merry Heart Doeth Good Like a Medicine; But a Broken Spirit Drieth the Bones.  (Proverbs 17:22)