If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
Those who profess to favor freedom,
yet deprecate agitation are men who want
crops without plowing up the ground.
They want rain without the thunder and lightning.
They want the ocean without the awful roar
of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one;
or it may be a physical one; or it may be both mental and physical; but it must be a struggle.
Power concedes nothing without demand.
-Fredrick Douglass (c. 1817-1895)
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Frederick Douglas is one of my favorite people in history. His autobiographical story titled "Battle with Mr. Covey" is also very powerful because it goes into great detail of the abuse he was subjected to by his master. Without struggle we as a society and a people would learn nothing. I know for me, whenever something has been hard and I have had to take the road less traveled so to speak, I not only learned more, but appreciated it more as well. This is a great message/discussions for students to ponder.
This is fantastic.
It makes me think about our generation and how we're so into quick fixes and immediate gratification. We want all these grand things, but we don't want to do the work or pay the money that is needed in order to accomplish those things...
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