I was broken in body, soul, and spirit. My natural elasticity was crushed, my intellect languished, the disposition … - Frederick Douglass

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I hear the howl of the wind that brings The long drear storm on its heavy wings.

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I was broken in body, soul, and spirit. My natural elasticity was crushed, my intellect languished, the disposition to read departed, the cheerful spark that lingered about my eye died; the dark night of slavery closed in upon me; and behold a man transformed into a brute!

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