His great work on earth is to exemplify, and to illustrate, and to ingraft those principles upon the living and practical understandings of all men within the reach of his influence.
Douglass defines the essential mission of a person committed to justice, love, and liberty as demonstrating and instilling these values in others.
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But we are not here to applaud manly courage, save as it has been displayed in a noble cause.
True it is that this faith was many times shaken by passing events, but never destroyed.