On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
It was the superiority of educated mind over mere brute force.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “It was the superiority of educated mind over mere brute force.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass identifies the fundamental reason for the economic and social disparities he observed between the North and the South.
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