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Quotation from The Task by William Cowper

“I would not have a slave to till my ground,”

William Cowper (spoken by The speaker)

The Task, Book II (Gutenberg #3698: The Task, and Other Poems (Cassell's National Library, 1899))

Cowper rejects slavery outright.

Citation: "I would not have a slave to till my ground," — William Cowper, The Task, Book II (Gutenberg #3698: The Task, and Other Poems (Cassell's National Library, 1899)). (id the-task-cowper-q3)

Virtues: Justice

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