And let me warn you, that it is dangerous to copy the example of a nation (Babylon) whose crimes, towering up to heaven, were thrown down by the breath of the Almighty, burying that nation in irrecoverable ruin. -- In offering this second analogy, Douglass utilizes logos. He reminds them of the divine retribution rained down on the Biblical city of Babylon and implicitly urges them to make the rational choice and cease their criminal continuance of slavery.