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They made their appeal to the pocket of the nation, and not to the heart of the nation.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “They made their appeal to the pocket of the nation, and not to the heart of the nation.”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass critiques the focus on economic interests over moral values in national discourse.
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