Frederick Douglass: “Under the influence of adverse education and hereditary bias, few…”

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Under the influence of adverse education and hereditary bias, few things are more difficult than to render impartial justice.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass points out the difficulty of achieving impartiality due to ingrained biases and education, emphasizing the challenge of justice.

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