Carolina QuotesPractically all traditional distinctions, whether economic, moral, social, or aesthetic, are today under assault as founded on a prejudice.
Richard M. Weaver Carolinian
Source
“Life without prejudice,” p. 4.
- work
- Life Without Prejudice (1965)
- year
- 1965
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- p. 4
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