Stowe describes his character in noble terms : ``There was something about his whole air self-respecting and dignified , yet united with a confiding and humble simplicity (24 . His Christian faith itself is a form of autonomy , since he refuses to abandon his religion even when Legree discovers his hymnbook and tells him , ``Well , I 'll have that out of you . I 'm your church now (378 ) Within himself , however , Tom never wavers Legree cannot enslave or take away his spirit . Tom...











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