Accordingly, at the beginning of this year 1836, I took upon me a solemn vow, that the year which had now dawned upon me should not close, without witnessing an earnest attempt, on my part, to gain my liberty.
Douglass recounts his solemn vow to attempt to gain his liberty within the year.
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It was in the air, and men breathed it and were permeated by it, often when they were quite unconscious of its presence.