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I felt that I have no right to withdraw from the responsibility of being an advocate. It is my duty to voice the sufferings of men, the never-ending sufferings heaped mountain-high.
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The speaker sees advocacy as a responsibility they are not entitled to abandon. To be an advocate means speaking openly about people’s suffering rather than remaining silent. The image of sufferings “heaped mountain-high” emphasizes both their enormous scale and the sense that they continue without end.
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