Viewed from the genuine abolition ground, Mr. Lincoln seemed tardy, co…

Frederick Douglass
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Viewed from the genuine abolition ground, Mr. Lincoln seemed tardy, cold, dull, and indifferent; but measuring him by the sentiment of his country, a sentiment he was bound as a statesman to consult, he was swift, zealous, radical, and determined. ✨ Frederick Douglass, Philip Sheldon Foner, Yuval Taylor (1999). Frederick Douglass: Selected Speeches and Writings, p.621, Chicago Review Press
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