On the record
Let not my words be construed as a menace, but taken as I mean them--as a warning; not interpreted as inviting disaster, but considered as designed to avert disaster.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Let not my words be construed as a menace, but taken as I mean them--as a warning; not interpreted as inviting disaster…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass clarifies that his words are meant as a warning rather than a threat, aiming to prevent disaster.
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