Ministers of the gospel, like the priest in the parable of the Good Samaritan, coming and looking at the bleeding victim of the highway robber, and passing on the other side; or, baser still, perverting the pages of the sacred volume to turn into a code of slavery the very word of God!
Quincy criticizes religious leaders for neglecting their moral responsibilities towards the oppressed.
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