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Just as well might a Temperance Society admit a practical drunkard into their ranks, as for an Abolition Society to admit a slaveholder to membership.
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Angelina Emily Grimké
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Grimké compares the exclusion of slaveholders from Abolitionist ranks to a temperance society admitting a drunkard, emphasizing the incompatibility of their values.
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