Frederick Douglass: “The downward steps are marked at first by slow degrees and by…”

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The downward steps are marked at first by slow degrees and by increasing momentum, going from bad to worse as they proceed.

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Frederick Douglass

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He describes the progressive nature of moral decline, emphasizing its gradual escalation.

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