On the recordJanuary 1, 1855
Liberty! the inestimable birthright of every man, had, for me, converted every object into an asserter of this great right.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgLiberty! the inestimable birthright of every man, had, for me, converted every object into an asserter of this great right.
Douglass declares liberty as an inherent human right, explaining how this conviction made him see its assertion in every aspect of his world.
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I looked into this kitchen with peculiar interest, and remembered that it was there I last saw my mother.
True it is that this faith was many times shaken by passing events, but never destroyed.
The good to be sought and the evil to be shunned were flung in the balance and weighed against each other.