Talk:The Grimm Identity/@comment-26976525-20151031103900

The opening quote come from a 4th of July speech in 1852 by former slave Frederick Douglass calling for an end to slavery. Sounds like an uprising is expected.

''' At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed. Oh! had I the ability, and could I reach the nation's ear, I would today pour out a fiery stream of biting ridicule, blasting reproach, withering sarcasm, and stern rebuke. For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake. The feeling of the nation must be quickened; the conscience of the nation must be roused; the propriety of the nation must be startled; the hypocrisy of the nation must be exposed; and its crimes against God and man must be denounced. '''

In 18 y Douglass' 4th of July speech four million humans were being kept as slaves.