On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
The good to be sought and the evil to be shunned were flung in the balance and weighed against each other.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The good to be sought and the evil to be shunned were flung in the balance and weighed against each other.”
Editor's note · Context
Reflecting on the difficult moral and practical calculus enslaved people faced when deciding whether to attempt escape.
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