Have not women stood up in all the dignity and strength of moral courage to be the leaders of the people, and to bear a faithful testimony for the truth whenever the providence of God has called them to do so?
Grimké calls upon women to recognize their historical role as leaders and advocates for truth.
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Slavery must be attacked with the whole power of truth and the sword of the spirit.
Who labored assiduously to keep the sufferings of the slave continually before the British public?
The whole power of the laws is exerted to keep slaves in a state of the lowest ignorance.
If Prophets and Apostles, Martyrs, and Reformers had not been willing to suffer for the truth's sake, where would the world have been now?