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Stephen H. Bradley

Convert whose experience is recounted in a personal narrative.

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Also known as Stephen H. Bradley, Bradley, Mr. Bradley

First appearance: Lecture IX: Conversion

Stephen H. Bradley shows up with force in Lecture IX: Conversion. The page is where that presence becomes real.

His case illustrates the layered nature of conversion, having been converted at fourteen and again later, showing unsuspected depths of character.
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