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Even when it slept it had one eye open, and saw better with that one eye than did the Republican party with its two.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgEven when it slept it had one eye open, and saw better with that one eye than did the Republican party with its two.
Douglass metaphorically describes the Democratic party's vigilance and awareness, contrasting it with the Republican party's perceived blindness.
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