Excerpt from The Moral Significance of the Contrasts Between Slavery and Freedom: A Discourse Preached in the First Church, Dorchester, May 10, 1864 I propose to speak this morning on another point comprised in the revelations and suggestions of that absence preceding the long disablement from which I have just returned to you. I would speak of the contrasts between slavery and freedom, as presented to the passing observer on their respective soils. It is necessary to a due appreciation of either condition to have seen both. Seeing, most emphatically here, is believing; surely with a vividness of conviction else ungained. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.