On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
It was like the quick blaze, beautiful at the first, but which subsiding, leaves the building charred and desolate.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “It was like the quick blaze, beautiful at the first, but which subsiding, leaves the building charred and desolate.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass uses a stark metaphor in his autobiography to describe how the initial blaze of joy upon gaining freedom quickly gave way to a sense of desolation.
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