If they hear the word “tyrants” used in reference to one who deprives others of their rights, for “tyrants” they will read “masters;” and no mortal power, or law, or art, can help it, but by blotting out all that is human within them.
He warns that when slaves hear the term 'tyrants,' they will equate it with their own masters, highlighting their struggle against oppression.
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