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Suppose Wilberforce and Clarkson to have had no “taste” for quelling the horrors of the African slave trade.
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “Suppose Wilberforce and Clarkson to have had no “taste” for quelling the horrors of the African slave trade.”
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This rhetorical question underscores the moral obligation to address societal horrors, using historical figures as examples.
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