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There also are words of Oriental piety, most touching and full of warning, which speak to all mankind, and now especially to us: "Beware of the groans of wounded souls, since the inward sore will at length break out.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

This quote reflects on the universal human experience of suffering and the moral imperative to heed the pain of others.

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