Thus assured and thus cheered on under the inspiration of hope, I worked and prayed with a light heart, believing that my life was under the guidance of a wisdom higher than my own.
Douglass reflects on how hope and spiritual assurance sustained him, leading him to believe his life was guided by a higher power.
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