On the record
It is not easy to reconcile human feeling to the shedding of blood for any purpose, unless indeed in the excitement which the shedding of blood itself occasions.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “It is not easy to reconcile human feeling to the shedding of blood for any purpose, unless indeed in the excitement…”
Editor's note · Context
Here, Douglass reflects on the difficulty of justifying violence, even in extreme circumstances.
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