No! every fibre of the human heart unites in detestation of tyranny, and it is only when the human mind has become familiarized with slavery, is accustomed to its injustice, and corrupted by its selfishness, that it fails to record its abhorrence of slavery, and does not exult in the triumphs of liberty.
Douglass asserts that the human heart naturally detests tyranny, and only through prolonged exposure and corruption does the mind cease to abhor slavery.
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