But two things are wanting in American civilization - a keener and deeper, broader and tenderer sense of … - Frances Harper

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Frances Harper

But two things are wanting in American civilization - a keener and deeper, broader and tenderer sense of justice - a sense of humanity, which shall crystallize into the life of a nation the sentiment that justice, simple justice, is the right, not simply of the strong and powerful, but of the weakest and feeblest of all God's children.

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