On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
It obliged me to think and read, it taught me to express my thoughts clearly, and was perhaps better than any other course I could have adopted.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “It obliged me to think and read, it taught me to express my thoughts clearly, and was perhaps better than any other…”
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Douglass explains how the demanding work of publishing his newspaper forced him to develop critical thinking, reading, and communication skills, proving more beneficial than formal education.
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