On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
Very much that was said to me in respect to my imperfect literary attainments, I felt to be most painfully true.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Very much that was said to me in respect to my imperfect literary attainments, I felt to be most painfully true.”
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Douglass acknowledges the painful truth in criticisms about his limited formal education as he considered starting a newspaper.
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