Thou hast spoken the word God gave to thy safe keeping; thou hast set Life, Death, before the nation; thou hast hurled Thy single pebble, plucked from Truth’s pure stream, Into the forehead of a Giant Wrong, And it doth reel and tremble.
In this poetic passage, Sumner reflects on the power of truth and the impact of speaking out against injustice.
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