It is not a permission of law; it is the inherent right of the individual.
Henry Ward Beecher
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Henry Ward Beecher was an American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, his emphasis on God's love, and his 1875 adultery trial. His rhetorical focus on the love of Christ has influenced mainstream Christianity through the 21st century.
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— Henry Ward Beecher
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There is a noticeable contrast between Northern and Southern ideas of Religion.
For fifty years the imperious spirit of the South has sought and gained power.
The questions which have provoked discussion among us for fifty years past have not been questions of fundamental principles, but of the application of principles already ascertained.
In this respect, there would be a marked contrast between the subjects which occupy us, and the grander life-themes that dignify European thought, were it not for one subject--Slavery.
THAT is the ONLY question, in our day and in our community, full of vital struggles turning upon fundamental principles.
But the North will be an utterly dead force in the American nation.
She will be rolled up in a corner, like a cocoon waiting for its transmigration.
The whole North will become provincial; it will be but a fringe to a nation whose heart will beat in the South.
But New-England was not raised up by Divine Providence to play a mean part in the world's affairs.
If he must stand by what he is, how surely must he be given over to weakness, to abuse, to oppressions.