Why were the martyrs stretched upon the rack, gibbetted and burnt, the scorn and diversion of a Nero, whilst their tarred and burning bodies sent up a light which illuminated the Roman capital?
Grimké reflects on the historical persecution of martyrs to highlight the cost of truth-telling.
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