Frederick Douglass: “A man who has not such an object, either in possession or in prospect…”

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A man who has not such an object, either in possession or in prospect, is a nobody and will never be anything else.

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Frederick Douglass

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He emphasizes the importance of having a purpose or goal in life for personal development.

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Frederick Douglass: “A man who has not such an object, either in possession or in prospect, is a nobody and will never be anything else.”