Frederick Douglass, the Orator - Monroe County Library System

Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Monographs Collection
LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS. 227
never saw it in that light before." Hence in
written matter, or platform oratory, or in companionship,
Frederick Douglass was never an
occasional man, but ever guarded, ever apt and
ready; never disappointing those who heard him.
Coming into his presence, his simple, unassuming
manner soon impressed you with the greatness
of his character.
His tenderness of heart, love of little children
and of young people, his high regard for womanhood,
with that brave sympathy for human
sufferings everywhere, marked the trend of his
great soul. " He regarded man as man, and all
men as brothers."
How befitting, therefore, was it for such a man
to die on such an occasion, discussing with
delight such a subject!
One whose life was devoted, as Mr. Douglass'
has been, in conflict for manhood freedom, on what
occasion, and from what place more appropriate
for such a soul to take its flight from labor to
reward than from an assembly of women of the
world, who are striving for larger liberty and
higher development of their sex in the interest
of wife, mother, daughter, sister, and home !
FREDERICK DOUGLASS* RELIGIOUS CONVICTIONS.
A great deal has been said and written about
Mr. Douglass' religious convictions, and of