Frederick Douglass: “It is no longer local but national; no longer confined to the South but has invaded the North.”

It only abolished slavery where it did not exist, and left it intact where it did exist.

I believed I should get enough to eat at Covey’s, even if I suffered in other respects, and this to a hungry man is not a prospect to be regarded with indifference.

The friendless and hungry boy, in his extremest need, found himself in the strong protecting arms of his mother.

The laws which determine the destinies of individuals and nations are impartial and eternal.