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One more element to human liberty is contributed by Christianity, in the solemn development of man's accountability to God, by which condition hereafter springs from pure character here.
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Henry Ward Beecher
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Beecher asserts that Christianity enhances human liberty by emphasizing accountability to God and the moral implications of one's character.
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