This plan never seems to have existed at more than the level of fantasy—
but then the level of fantasy is one of the most important levels at which things can exist.
~ in an article about Frederick Douglass, by Adam Gopnik (source)
This gem of a quote came up, as I expanded my reading about Frederick Douglass; I have been slowly reading "Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom" since last year. The biography has been well worth the time, but the above quote is worth some thought for completely different reasons.
