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He would only have shown the difference between a “good Samaritan” and a “bigot Samaritan.” The thieves themselves might have done as much.
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Mann distinguishes between genuine compassion and superficial acts of kindness in his critique of societal attitudes towards slavery.
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Did the law ever contemplate so cruel and revengeful a proceeding?
Mere knowledge, without the moral sense, can take no cognizance of the everlasting distinctions between right and wrong; and so the blind instinct, unguided by knowledge, will be forever at fault in its conclusions.
The wickedest white man, in a company of slaves, bears a charmed life.
Slavery is an unspeakable wrong to the conscience.
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