But where her blessed influence is withdrawn, or greatly impaired, the passions resume their sway, and violence and cruelty become the characteristics of every community in which the civil authority is too feeble to afford protection.
Tappan warns that the absence of Christianity leads to unchecked passions and societal violence.
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