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It is said that those who live on the banks of Niagara neither hear its thunder nor shudder at its overwhelming power.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “It is said that those who live on the banks of Niagara neither hear its thunder nor shudder at its overwhelming power.”
Editor's note · Context
He compares the indifference of Americans to the horrors of violence to the way people might ignore the power of Niagara Falls.
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