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A worship that obeys a law forbidding mercy is a curse to mankind
Drawn from what Frederick Douglass said
What Frederick Douglass actually said
- Frederick Douglass American abolitionist and writer (about 1817 to 1895)
A worship that can be conducted by persons who refuse to give shelter to the houseless, to give bread to the hungry, clothing to the naked, and who enjoin obedience to a law forbidding these acts of mercy, is a curse, not a blessing to mankind.
Where this was said
↗What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? (Rochester, 5 July 1852)en.wikisource.org
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