On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
What ought to have been done at the beginning, comes late, but it comes.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “What ought to have been done at the beginning, comes late, but it comes.”
Editor's note · Context
From his autobiography, Douglass reflects on the delayed but eventual arrival of necessary actions or reforms.
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