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
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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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