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Angelina Emily Grimké: “But believe me, when I tell you, their attempts will be as utterly fruitless as were the efforts of the builders of…”

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But believe me, when I tell you, their attempts will be as utterly fruitless as were the efforts of the builders of Babel; and why?
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Angelina Emily Grimké

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Grimké asserts the futility of efforts to control moral truths, likening them to the failed attempts of the builders of Babel.

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