Outside the years embraced in the late tremendous war, there has been no period, more pregnant with great events, or better suited to call out the best mental and moral energies of men, than that covered by these lost volumes.
Reflecting on a period of intense historical change, Douglass asserts that few times, apart from the Civil War, have been as significant in demanding human intellectual and moral strength.
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I wished it was possible I could remain small all my life, knowing that the sooner I grew large the shorter would be my time to remain with them.
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