What Frederick Douglass thinks about discipline

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American abolitionist and writer (about 1817 to 1895); born into slavery, escaped in 1838 and became a principal leader and spokesperson of the abolition movement; author of three autobiographies.

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   Our readingPeople should improve themselves in this world first, before the next

   Their wordsI have urged upon them self-reliance, self-respect, industry, perseverance, and economy—to make the best of both worlds—but to make the best of this world first because it comes first, and that he who does not improve himself by the motives and opportunities afforded by this world gives the best evidence that he would not improve in any other world.

   ↗Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (1881)gutenberg.org All 17 from this book