And let me warn you that it is dangerous to copy the example of a nation whose crimes, towering up to heaven, were thrown down by the breath of the Almighty, burying that nation in irrecoverable ruin!
Douglass warns the nation of divine retribution for the sin of slavery, drawing parallels to historical examples of nations destroyed by their crimes.
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