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who has given to the world the grand doctrine of universal brotherhood.
Mr. Lecky believes[1] that it was the spirit of Christianity which brought about the abolition of slavery in Europe. He says, "The services of Christianity were of three kinds. It supplied a new order of relations, in which the distinction of classes was unknown. It imparted a moral dignity to the servile classes. It gave an unexampled impetus to the movement of enfranchisement."
- ↑ History of European Morals, vol. ii. p. 70.
