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Frederick Douglass: The universe, of which we are a part, is continually proving itself a stupendous whole, a system of law and order…

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The universe, of which we are a part, is continually proving itself a stupendous whole, a system of law and order, eternal and perfect: Every seed bears fruit after its kind, and nothing is reaped which was not sowed.
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Frederick Douglass

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He presents a view of the universe as a harmonious system governed by laws and order.

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