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are satisfied with their conditions are not, as a rule, satisfied to divide 

 with others, or consent without a protest to a change. Hence the re- 

 former, in the discharge of his duty, runs counter to the interests of the 

 rich, powerful, and educated. Reforms that are founded in philan- 

 thropy are quite certain to end in failure, while those based upon princi- 

 ple are always in the end triumphant. To meet with average courage 

 all these obstacles ; to fight manfully all opposition ; to bear insult, suffer 

 wrong, and bear reproach, these constitute the plain duties of every 

 true reformer. 



