Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass

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1. kirseNov 2022
   Are you really lost if you can point out you're lost?

   Read some Ecclesiastes or "Man's Search for Meaning" by Viktor Frankl. Or maybe "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" for some perspective.

   At certain times in life the watering hole dries up, when external and/or internal motives have been squeezed to their last drop it sometimes feels like a desert. Those moments present the opportunity to head down a path to become more authentically loving (Christ-like). Following that lighthouse is always the right direction, no matter how lost you may feel.

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2. erellsworthSep 2022
   The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

   Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass

   Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

   A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick

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3. mitchbobMay 2021
   Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. Written by Himself. (1845) [1][2]

   [1] https://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/douglass/douglass.html

   [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrative_of_the_Life_of_Frede...

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4. 7000skeletonsNov 2018
   If you only ever read one book on slavery and the abolitionist movement, it really ought to be 'Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass'. I can remember reading it for the first time at uni as part of a module on American History, and just how potently it brought home the realities of what it was to be in the situation Douglass was in.
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5. wu-ikkyuJul 2018
   >stack the deck against them

   The question is: how should one react to learning that life is unfair and full of adversity against them?

   Perhaps the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass could serve as a good example?

   I wonder if Douglass had just remained hopeless, blamed others, and waited on the government to fix his problems, instead of learning to read, educating himself, and becoming resolutely determined to gain freedom, would we even be talking about him right now?

   Surely Douglass was delt far worse cards than most american's complaining about the deck today.

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6. dwwoelfelAug 2010
   Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/0300087012

   I read this after listening to the following lecture: http://arc-tv.com/inspiring-heroes-great-leaders%E2%80%94fre.... His strength of character allowed him to escape slavery and abolish the practice in the United States.

   Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand: http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/0452011876/

   Don't buy the mass-market paperback, the writing and margins are so small that it is a pain to read. Spend a little extra for the larger version I linked to.

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