On the record
Our money-changers long ago planted themselves within our temple.
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Sumner warned that corrupt influences had infiltrated society, likening them to money-changers in a sacred space.
Share
More from Charles Sumner
As the Brotherhood of Man is practically recognized, it becomes impossible to restrict the feeling within any exclusive circle of country, and to set up an unchristian distinction of honor between civil war and international war.
Let loyalty to one man be exchanged for Love to Man.
Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
Other voices in this conversation
