Frederick Douglass: “I left without a regret, and with the highest hopes of future happiness.”

The hardships and dangers involved in the struggle give strength and toughness to the character, and enable it to stand firm in storm as well as in sunshine.

Another ground of hope for our race is in the progress of education.

Let us then, wherever we are, whether at the North or at the South, resolutely struggle on in the belief that there is a better day coming, and that we by patience, industry, uprightness, and economy may hasten that better day.

This part of our destiny is in our own hands.