On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
The time is but as a speck, yet large enough to justify a pause for retrospection—and a pause it must only be.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The time is but as a speck, yet large enough to justify a pause for retrospection—and a pause it must only be.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass pauses to reflect on his fourteen years as an abolitionist, acknowledging the brevity of the period yet its importance for retrospection.
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