On the record
Man was not made as an attribute to education, but education as an attribute to man.
Said by
Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Man was not made as an attribute to education, but education as an attribute to man.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass asserts that education should serve humanity, not the other way around, emphasizing human dignity.
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