No station or character can destroy individual responsibility, in the matter of reproving sin.
Angelina Emily Grimké: “No station or character can destroy individual responsibility, in the matter of reproving sin.”
Editor's note · Context
Grimké asserts that individual responsibility to confront sin exists regardless of one's social position.
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