On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
It comes home to every man’s understanding, and appeals directly to every man’s conscience.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “It comes home to every man’s understanding, and appeals directly to every man’s conscience.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass emphasizes that the principles of justice and liberty are universally comprehensible and appeal directly to individual morality.
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