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The inveterate and persistent office-seeker and office-holder should be modest when he preaches that virtue to others which he does not himself practice.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “The inveterate and persistent office-seeker and office-holder should be modest when he preaches that virtue to others…”
Editor's note · Context
He criticizes those who preach virtue without practicing it themselves, especially in politics.
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