you won't read this

This kind of eloquence is lost in our day. If only we had these measured clear voices today perhaps some of the cultural decline would stop. Our culture has been dumbed down so much this will be unread. Most people's attention span is so short and the language is so sophisticated the nuance will be lost on them. This was at a time when slavery was still in contention in the nation. Churches did not speak out clearly against it. If he spoke today to our churches.. what are they not speaking out against today? What complicity are we guilty of by our silence?

The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro by Frederick Douglass