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> # There is a class of people who seem to think that if a man should fall overboard into the sea with a Bible in his pocket it would hardly be possible to drown. I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.

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## More from Frederick Douglass

1. > Once you learn to read you will be forever free.

[Permalink to quote \#34](https://quotesby.net/Frederick-Douglass/34/ "Permalink to quote 34")
2. > At one time Mr. Douglass was travelling in the state of Pennsylvania, and was forced, on account of his colour, to ride in the baggage-car, in spite of the fac…

[Permalink to quote \#36](https://quotesby.net/Frederick-Douglass/36/ "Permalink to quote 36")
3. > I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress.

[Permalink to quote \#33](https://quotesby.net/Frederick-Douglass/33/ "Permalink to quote 33")

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