On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
But, alas! what are all good and great qualities; what are human hopes and human happiness to the revengeful hand of an assassin?
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Frederick Douglass
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Douglass laments the devastating impact of assassination on human virtues, hopes, and happiness.
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