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We wonder how such saints can sing, Or praise the Lord upon the wing, Who roar, and scold, and whip, and sting, And to their slaves and mammon cling, In guilty conscience union.
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Frederick Douglass
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Editor's note · Context
In this passage, Douglass questions how individuals who commit acts of violence can genuinely worship.
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