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Archibald Henry Grimké: For great happiness like great suffering operates oftentimes as a moral purifier.

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For great happiness like great suffering operates oftentimes as a moral purifier.
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Archibald Henry Grimké

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Grimké suggests that both great happiness and suffering can serve as moral purifiers.

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