We must regard it as a part of a series of splendid public measures, as one of so many steps in the national progress looking to one beneficent and glorious result, a large contribution to the honor and welfare of the whole country.
Douglass sees emancipation as a crucial step towards the honor and welfare of the entire country.
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It had no interest in recognizing or preserving any of the ties that bind families together or to their homes.
But we are not here to applaud manly courage, save as it has been displayed in a noble cause.
The sentiment that brings us here to-day is one of the noblest that can stir and thrill the human heart.
My grandmother was all the world to me, and the thought of being separated from her was a most unwelcome suggestion to my affections and hopes.