Jan 1, 1881
I believed I should get enough to eat at Covey’s, even if I suffered in other respects, and this to a hungry man is not a prospect to be regarded with indifference.
Frederick Douglass
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Frederick Douglass was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. He was "the most important leader of the movement for African-American civil rights in the 19th century".
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Jan 1, 1881
From the first, I, for one, saw in this war the end of slavery; and truth requires me to say that my interest in the success of the North was largely due to this belief.
Jan 1, 1881
The office of speech now is only to point out when, where, and how to strike to the best advantage.
Jan 1, 1881
The good to be sought and the evil to be shunned were flung in the balance and weighed against each other.
Jan 1, 1881
The counsel I give comes of close observation of the great struggle now in progress, and of the deep conviction that this is your hour and mine.
Jan 1, 1881
True it is that this faith was many times shaken by passing events, but never destroyed.
Jan 1, 1881
One gallant rush from the North will fling it wide open, while four millions of our brothers and sisters shall march out into liberty.