So we must bear the guilt of man’s angry passions, because the truth we preach is like a two-edged sword, cutting through the bonds of interest on the one side, and the cords of caste on the other.
Grimké acknowledges the burden of societal anger that comes with preaching uncomfortable truths.
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A slaveholding religion--and multitudes of them became slaveholders.
The more the subject of slavery is agitated, the better.
What kind of religion did the North prepare them to preach?
The fact is, the South is enraged, because we have exposed her horrible hypocrisy to the world.