Quote#God & Faith
But remember you must be willing to suffer the loss of all things –…
Quote byAngelina Grimké · 1805–1879
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: In a letter to Abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, August 30, 1835. published in The Liberator, September 19, 1835., as quoted in.
English (original)
But remember you must be willing to suffer the loss of all things – willing to be the scorn and reproach of professor and profane. You must obey our great master’s injunction: “Fear not them that kill the body, and after that, have nothing more that they can do.”
— Angelina Grimké
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