And though public sentiment is better than law, yet as no public sentiment on earth is a match for legalized lust, or avarice, or the grip of misfortune, these things are continually done, and remorselessly.
Beecher discusses the limitations of public sentiment when faced with legalized injustices, emphasizing the moral challenges of society.
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There is a noticeable contrast between Northern and Southern ideas of Religion.
She will be rolled up in a corner, like a cocoon waiting for its transmigration.
But I think that God sent New-England to these shores as his own messenger of mercy to days and ages, that have yet far to come ere they are born!
Yet, New-England, strong at home, compact, educated, right-minded; has gradually lost influence, and the whole North with her.