On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
Nothing but rigid training, long persisted in, can perfect the character of the one or the other.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Nothing but rigid training, long persisted in, can perfect the character of the one or the other.”
Editor's note · Context
From his autobiography, Douglass explains that only intense and prolonged conditioning can mold individuals into the roles of slave or slaveholder.
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