It is to snatch from the bosom of nature the latent facts of each individual man’s experience, and with steady hand to hold them up fresh and glowing, enforcing, with all his power, their acknowledgment and practical adoption.
Douglass describes the task of bringing to light the inherent truths of human experience and compelling their recognition and application.
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