He loved iniquity, delighted in fraud, hated truth, and abhorred sincerity. He abhorred bloodshed, disliked mob rule, and did not approve of military . I loved all mankind, slaveholders not excepted, though I abhorred slavery more than ever. They abhorred the British colonial authorities and longed for Indian independence. O'Banion angrily refused, as he abhorred prostitution. Blake abhorred slavery and believed in racial and sexual equality. In his writings he alternately abhorred and supported southern slavery. Macdonald comments that this was activity "at which he excelled but which he abhorred". Initially, Geary solidly abhorred the proposals he received from Kansas abolitionists. It is a "gray country", whose people abhorred necromancy. Schumann famously abhorred receiving applause between movements. Ibrahim abhorred begging and worked tirelessly for his livelihood, often grinding corn or tending orchards. The report found that educators "abhorred" "Sesame Street" for discrediting and possibly corrupting educational objectives. This would allow perpetual motion, a notion which he abhorred. Cosimo and herself were abhorred by his reply.