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Archibald Henry Grimké: Sumner understand this truth, that wrong has a fatal gift of metamorphosis, its ability to change its form without…

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Sumner understand this truth, that wrong has a fatal gift of metamorphosis, its ability to change its form without losing its identity.
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Archibald Henry Grimké

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Grimké reflects on the transformative nature of wrongs in society, as understood by Sumner.

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