Frederick Douglass: “Races that fail to do these things die politically and socially, and…”

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Races that fail to do these things die politically and socially, and are only fit to die.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass warns that failure to adapt and improve can lead to the decline of a race's political and social standing.

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