Carolina QuotesA hundred years ago—or even a couple of generations ago—you do not encounter the sort of waving of the bloody shirt of prejudice that greets you on all sides now. Men did not profess such indignation that other men had differing convictions and viewpoints. They rather expected to encounter these, and to argue with them as best they could.
Richard M. Weaver Carolinian
Source
“Life without prejudice,” p. 1.
- work
- Life Without Prejudice (1965)
- year
- 1965
- locator
- p. 1
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