Schooled as I have been among the abolitionists of New England, I recognize that the universe is governed by laws which are unchangeable and eternal, that what men sow they will reap, and that there is no way to dodge or circumvent the consequences of any act or deed.
Reflecting on his abolitionist education, Douglass articulates his belief in universal, unchangeable laws governing consequences.
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Father he might be, and not be husband, and could sell his own child without incurring reproach, if in its veins coursed one drop of African blood.
We could not but believe that there existed at the South a latent and powerful Union sentiment which would assert itself at last.
For the moment the northern lamb was transformed into a lion, and his roar was terrible.