Frederick Douglass: “It implies a radical change wholly inconsistent with the well-known…”

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It implies a radical change wholly inconsistent with the well-known facts of human nature.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass discusses the inherent nature of human character and the implausibility of sudden moral changes.

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