Frederick Douglass: “His eyes had in them the tenderness of motherhood, and his mouth and…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

His eyes had in them the tenderness of motherhood, and his mouth and other features the highest perfection of a genuine manhood.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass describes the profound tenderness and genuine manhood he observed in Abraham Lincoln's features.

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