Frederick Douglass: “It comes home to every man’s understanding, and appeals directly to…”

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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Douglass emphasizes that the principles of justice and liberty are universally comprehensible and appeal directly to individual morality.

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Frederick Douglass: “It comes home to every man’s understanding, and appeals directly to every man’s conscience.”