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The outward semblance of it may survive for a time, just as ancient temples and old cathedrals may stand long after the spirit that inspired them has vanished.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgThe outward semblance of it may survive for a time, just as ancient temples and old cathedrals may stand long after the spirit that inspired them has vanished.
Douglass warns that physical structures may endure even when their underlying spirit has disappeared.
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