Here, thought I, is something worth living for; here is an excellent chance for usefulness; and I shall soon have a company of young friends, lovers of knowledge, like some of my Baltimore friends, from whom I now felt parted forever.
Douglass reflects on the profound personal significance and hope he found in teaching a secret Sabbath school.
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