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It is the only basis on which the poor, the ignorant, the weak, the laboring masses can entrench against oppression.
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Henry Ward Beecher
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gutenberg.orgIt is the only basis on which the poor, the ignorant, the weak, the laboring masses can entrench against oppression.
Beecher argues that the Bible serves as a foundation for the marginalized to resist oppression.
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