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Frederick Douglass on the power of your own image

Man is the only picture making animal in the world.
Frederick Douglass[2]
The picture making faculty is a mighty power.
Frederick Douglass[4]
Poets, prophets, and reformers are all picture makers, and this ability is the secret of their power and achievements.
Frederick Douglass[2]
They see what ought to be by the reflection of what is, and endeavor to remove the contradiction.
Frederick Douglass[2]
The humbled servant girl whose income is but a few shillings per week may now possess a more perfect likeness of herself.
Frederick Douglass[5]