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His life has been a Dead Sea, where apples of Sodom floated.
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gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
This metaphor illustrates the despair and lack of fruitful opportunities in the lives of enslaved Africans.
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Out of this pernicious prejudice have proceeded that persecution and neglect which are the too frequent lot of the world's pioneers.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
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