On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
Listening to him was like standing near the track of a railway train, drawn by a locomotive at the rate of forty miles an hour.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Listening to him was like standing near the track of a railway train, drawn by a locomotive at the rate of forty miles…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass uses a powerful simile to convey the overwhelming experience of listening to Lord Brougham speak.
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