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There floats not upon the stream of life a wreck of humanity so utterly shattered and crippled, but that its signals of distress should challenge attention and command assistance.
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Mann asserts that every individual, regardless of their condition, deserves attention and assistance from society.
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Answer: She is in a country in which slavery is established by law.
Did the law ever contemplate so cruel and revengeful a proceeding?
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But the impious hand of man divorces these twin capacities, wherever it denies knowledge.
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