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All, of course, cannot leave that section, and ought not; but some can, and the condition of those who must remain will be better because of those who go.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “All, of course, cannot leave that section, and ought not; but some can, and the condition of those who must remain will…”
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Douglass acknowledges that while not everyone can leave, those who do will improve conditions for those who remain.
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