On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
What are the shouts of the multitude, the pride and pomp of this world?
Said by
Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “What are the shouts of the multitude, the pride and pomp of this world?”
Editor's note · Context
Douglass poses a rhetorical question about the fleeting nature of worldly praise and power in the face of mortality.
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