Archibald Henry Grimké: “For those leaders initiated them promptly by the power of example into…”

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For those leaders initiated them promptly by the power of example into the great and flourishing American art and industry of graft.

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Archibald Henry Grimké

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Grimké criticizes leaders for introducing corruption and graft as a norm in society.

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It would reappear as Negro serfdom unless placed in the way of utter extinction.

To such an unconquerable will, to such an invincible faith obstacles vanish; the impossible becomes the attainable.

It is true many a cheek burns with shame in view of our national inconsistency, and many a heart bleeds for the miserable African.

Pray, sir, is it a careful desire to fulfill the Scriptures, or to make money, that induces you to hold your fellow-men in bondage?

Archibald Henry Grimké: “For those leaders initiated them promptly by the power of example into the great and flourishing American art and…”