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In the face of high-sounding professions and affirmations we know well how hard it is for a Turk to do justice to a Christian, or for a Christian to do justice to a Jew.
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Frederick Douglass
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Editor's note · Context
Douglass illustrates the challenges of achieving justice across cultural and religious divides, emphasizing the difficulty of impartiality.
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