On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
The span of human life is too short for the repetition of events which occur at the distance of fifty years.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
Source
gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The span of human life is too short for the repetition of events which occur at the distance of fifty years.”
Editor's note · Context
In his autobiography, Douglass makes a general observation about the brevity of human life in the context of his unique return to his former place of enslavement.
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