Every man who thinks at all, must know that home is the fountain head, the inspiration, the foundation and main support, not only of all social virtue but of all motives to human progress, and that no people can prosper, or amount to much, unless they have a home, or the hope of a home.
Douglass asserts that having a home is essential for social virtue and human progress.
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The anti-slavery platform had performed its work, and my voice was no longer needed.
True it is that this faith was many times shaken by passing events, but never destroyed.
My grandmother was all the world to me, and the thought of being separated from her was a most unwelcome suggestion to my affections and hopes.
It had no interest in recognizing or preserving any of the ties that bind families together or to their homes.