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Vice is a monster of such frightful mien That, to be hated, needs but to be seen; But seen too oft, familiar with its face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
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Frederick Douglass
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Editor's note · Context
Douglass uses a metaphor to describe how familiarity with vice leads to its acceptance rather than rejection.
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