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He can only understand the effect of this combat on my spirit, who has himself incurred something, hazarded something, in repelling the unjust and cruel aggressions of a tyrant.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “He can only understand the effect of this combat on my spirit, who has himself incurred something, hazarded something…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass conveys that only those who have faced oppression can truly understand the spirit of resistance.
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