1·There is a central aspect of Douglass' thought that seems not in the least bit dated or irrelevant to current concerns.
道格拉斯的思想中有一个核心方面似乎一点都不过时，也与当前的问题毫不相干。
2·The fact is that Douglass was attracted to these democratic-capitalist ideals of his time because they could be used to attack slavery and the doctrine of White supremacy.
事实上，道格拉斯被他那个时代的民主资本主义理想所吸引，因为这些理想可以用来攻击奴隶制和白人至上主义。
3·Frederick Douglass was unquestionably the most famous African American of the nineteenth century; indeed, when he died in 1895 he was among the most distinguished public figures in the United States.
弗雷德里克·道格拉斯无疑是19世纪最著名的非裔美国人；事实上，当他于1895年去世时，他是美国最著名的公众人物之一。
4·Luckily for Douglass (and the country), colonization failed spectacularly.
对道格拉斯(和整个国家)来说幸运的是，殖民地化很壮观地失败了。
5·Frederick Douglass called it "a sacred effort," and Lincoln himself thought that his Second Inaugural, which offered a theodicy of the Civil War, was better than the Gettysburg Address.
弗雷·德利克·道格拉斯称它为“神圣的努力”。林肯自己认为他的第二次就职演讲为内战提供了道义论根据，因而比葛底斯堡演说更为优秀。