I leave it to metaphysicians to determine the precise moment when wisdom and experience leap into existence, when, for the first time, the mind distinguishes truth from error, selfishness from patriotism, and passion from reason.
Grimké reflects on the philosophical question of when wisdom and experience truly begin in a person's life.
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O Freedom! how are ye still born In the rude stable, in the manger nursed; What humble hands unbar those gates of morn Through which the splendors of the New Day burst.
This sounds singular in this land of the free and it is singular, for of no other class of American labor could it be said that its right to migrate from one state to another is actually obstructed by law and would be resisted by force.
Lay not down your weapons until honorable terms are obtained.
Is it any wonder that crime emerges out of such cruel and unequal conditions?