“Every right has its responsibilities. Like the right itself, these responsibilities stem from the same source: friendship, loyalty, truth, and justice.”

— Lyman Abbott

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About Lyman Abbott

Author • American

Lyman Abbott was a prominent American Congregationalist minister, editor, and author who became a key figure in the Social Gospel movement. Taking over Henry Ward Beecher's pulpit at Plymouth Church in Brooklyn, he...

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