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It is the soul that makes a nation great or small, noble or ignoble, weak or strong.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “It is the soul that makes a nation great or small, noble or ignoble, weak or strong.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass argues that the greatness of a nation is determined by its moral and ethical qualities.
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