Frederick Douglass: “The time is but as a speck, yet large enough to justify a pause for…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1855

The time is but as a speck, yet large enough to justify a pause for retrospection—and a pause it must only be.

Said by

Frederick Douglass

Source

Douglass pauses to reflect on his fourteen years as an abolitionist, acknowledging the brevity of the period yet its importance for retrospection.

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Frederick Douglass: “The time is but as a speck, yet large enough to justify a pause for retrospection—and a pause it must only be.”