On the record
It is this: Endless doubts and contradictions exist among men, as to what is the will of God; and on no subject is there a wider diversity of opinion than on this very subject of slavery.
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Mann points out the widespread confusion regarding divine will, particularly about slavery.
Share
More from Horace Mann
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.
No man of common sense, who has observed this result, can doubt for a moment that the system of free labor promotes the growth and prosperity of states in a much higher degree than the system of slave labor.
Answer: She is in a country in which slavery is established by law.
Other voices in this conversation
