We stand to-day at the national center to perform something like a national act--an act which is to go into history; and we are here where every pulsation of the national heart can be heard, felt, and reciprocated.
From a speech dedicating a monument, Douglass emphasizes the historical significance of the event and its national resonance.
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None now denies the ability of the colored race to acquire knowledge of anything which can be communicated to the human understanding by letters.