Frederick Douglass: “It may not fall at once upon the withdrawal of these, but persistent…”

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It may not fall at once upon the withdrawal of these, but persistent injustice will, in the end, do its certain work of moral destruction.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass asserts that persistent injustice will ultimately lead to moral decay.

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