On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
The balsam was not more healing to the wound in my head, than her kindness was healing to the wounds in my spirit, made by the unfeeling words of Aunt Katy.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The balsam was not more healing to the wound in my head, than her kindness was healing to the wounds in my spirit, made…”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass uses a metaphor to describe how an act of kindness from Lucretia healed his emotional wounds more profoundly than physical ones.
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