One of them seemed her maid.

Both of them might have been once her slaves.

Here at least they were equals.

True Equality--the consecration of humility, not the consecration of envy--first appeared on earth in the house of God, and at the altar of Christ: and I question much whether it will linger long in any spot on earth where that house and that altar are despised.

It is easy to propose an equality without Christianity; as easy as to propose to kick down the ladder by which you have climbed, or to saw off the bough on which you sit.