Ah! my dear sir, God in mercy has taught me that something more than sincerity, in the common acceptation of the term, is necessary to preserve our understandings from idiocy, and our hearts from utter ruin.
Grimké reflects on the necessity of more than just sincerity in understanding and compassion.
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