Frederick Douglass: “It is an American book, for Americans, in the fullest sense of the idea.”

My grandmother was all the world to me, and the thought of being separated from her was a most unwelcome suggestion to my affections and hopes.

Covey succeeded in breaking me--in body, soul, and spirit.

The anti-slavery platform had performed its work, and my voice was no longer needed.

The laws which determine the destinies of individuals and nations are impartial and eternal.