On the recordJanuary 1, 1845
It opened my eyes to the horrible pit, but to no ladder upon which to get out.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “It opened my eyes to the horrible pit, but to no ladder upon which to get out.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass uses a powerful metaphor to describe how his education illuminated the depths of his suffering without providing a path to freedom.
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