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CllifsAP English Language and Composition Frederick Douglass (1818– 1895) was an American social reformer, orator, writer and statesman.He is one of the19th century American abolitionist movement leaders. Frederick Douglass, a former slave and eminent human rights leader in the abolition movement, was the first black citizen to hold a high U.S. government rank. saying If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning. (Frederick Douglass, American abolitionist, lecturer, author, 1817-1895) 没有斗争就没有进步。那些宣称自己热爱自由，却厌恶变革的人，恰如不愿耕地却渴望收获。他们想要甘霖，却拒绝雷电。(弗雷德里克·道格拉斯，美国废奴运动领袖、演说家、作家，1817-1895) George Eliot 奥斯汀巅峰 勃朗特峭壁 艾略特山脉 伍尔夫丘陵 ------- 肖尔瓦特（美） Jane Austen Jane Austen’s points of view 1） For all her unsparing exposure of serious social shortcomings, Jane Austen has fundamental conviction of the health of the social system, of its ability to reform itself, and of the assurance of social well-being and the likelihood of a reasonable personal happiness. Generally speaking, she holds the ideals of the landlord class in politics, religion and moral principles. 2）Her works show an apparent preference for the kindness, honesty, frankness, responsibility, good manners and sound sense, which are typical of the country gentry class. To her, the country gentle folk are much more reliable and decent than the urban trading people. 3）Although Jane Austen lived mainly in the 19th century, and her works were all published when British literature was dominated by Gothicism, Sentimentalism and Romanticism, she was really a writer of the earlier realist school. In age she belonged to 19th century, but in both moral outlook and prose style she was closer to the 18th century precedents than to her contemporaries. Her works show clearly her firm belief in the predominance of reason over passion, the value of rationality