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This is all they can do for you, you must work out your own deliverance with fear and trembling, and with the direction and blessing of God, you can do it.
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Angelina Emily Grimké
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gutenberg.orgAngelina Emily Grimké: “This is all they can do for you, you must work out your own deliverance with fear and trembling, and with the direction…”
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Grimké asserts that individuals must actively seek their own liberation with divine guidance.
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