The theme that this sentence develops is "There may be grave consequences for taking advantage of others." The reference to "the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil" and the discussion of blood drawn with the lash being paid with blood drawn with the sword suggests a reckoning for the injustices done to others, indicating consequences for past wrongs.
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Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said "the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether."
Which theme does this sentence develop?
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Every completed task merits some sort of compensation.
Every completed task merits some sort of compensation.
Violence is never the solution.
Violence is never the solution.
There may be grave consequences for taking advantage of others.
There may be grave consequences for taking advantage of others.
With great effort comes great reward.
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