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His zeal in the cause of my race was far greater than mine--it was as the burning sun to my taper light--mine was bounded by time, his stretched away to the boundless shores of eternity.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “His zeal in the cause of my race was far greater than mine--it was as the burning sun to my taper light--mine was…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass compares his own commitment to the cause of freedom with John Brown's greater zeal and sacrifice.
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