The honest and comprehensive statesman, clearly discerning the needs of his country, and earnestly endeavoring to do his whole duty, though covered and blistered with reproaches, may safely leave his course to the silent judgment of time.
Douglass asserts that a true statesman, despite criticism, can trust that history will ultimately vindicate their actions.
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