Frederick Douglass: “History has no better illustration of pure, disinterested benevolence.”

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History has no better illustration of pure, disinterested benevolence.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass asserts that John Brown's actions exemplify the highest form of selflessness and benevolence in history.

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