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What doth it profit a nation to gain the whole world if it shall lose its own soul?
Said by
Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “What doth it profit a nation to gain the whole world if it shall lose its own soul?”
Editor's note · Context
This quote poses a philosophical question about the true value of national success if it comes at the cost of moral integrity.
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