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There is no other way of fixing in laws the changes in public sentiment wrought during this period of agitation.
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Archibald Henry Grimké
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gutenberg.orgArchibald Henry Grimké: “There is no other way of fixing in laws the changes in public sentiment wrought during this period of agitation.”
Editor's note · Context
This statement highlights the necessity of translating public sentiment into legal reforms during social movements.
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Under it we have the double moral standard and the double legal standard operating throughout that section with a vengeance.
Love was in their mouths and love was in their hearts.
When he had ceased speaking I said to those around me: 'That is a providential man; he is a prophet; he will shake our nation to its center, but he will shake slavery out of it.
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