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Quote by William Wilberforce
God Almighty has set before me two great objects, the suppression of the slave trade and the reformation of manners.
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The speaker presents two major responsibilities as placed before him by God: ending the slave trade and improving people’s moral behavior. “Reformation of manners” means changing harmful or corrupt habits, not simply improving etiquette or style. The sentence gives both aims a strong religious importance.
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- William Wilberforce: His Unpublished Spiritual Journals
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