Frederick Douglass: “Mighty with the sword of steel, he was mightier with the sword of the…”

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Mighty with the sword of steel, he was mightier with the sword of the truth, and with this sword he literally swept the horizon.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass contrasts the might of John Brown's physical strength with the greater power of his truth.

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