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But it is a truth that stands only and firmly in those grand relations which man sustains to God, to Eternity, and to future dignity--all are equally subjects of these.
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Henry Ward Beecher
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This quote emphasizes that the truth of human equality is rooted in the relationships individuals have with God and their eternal destinies.
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