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The country is evidently not in a condition to listen patiently to pleas for postponement, however plausible, nor will it permit the responsibility to be shifted to other shoulders.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The country is evidently not in a condition to listen patiently to pleas for postponement, however plausible, nor will…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass asserts that the nation is no longer willing to delay necessary actions for justice.
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