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Richard Kreitner, a contributing writer to The Nation, is working on a history of American disunion.
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“This is really world war, and in my humble opinion it was unavoidable and is better fought now when we still have allies left.”
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“In our country the bitter fruits of national injustice and oppression were apparent at an early day.”
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“We shall continue to fight for rigid control and for the reeducation of the country in the direction of temperance.”
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“Man is basically alone with his ‘revolt’ and ‘clairvoyance,’ that is, with his reasoning.”
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“One conscientious reporter counted the marble steps as he followed a girl whose head jarred sickeningly as she was dragged down.”
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“Nobody ever said capitalism was pretty.”
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“This dramatic display of unity may well inspire the Negro residents of other Southern cities to similar action.”
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“The scenes from Seattle are something not seen since the sixties, but in their totality unimaginable even then.”
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“All the gamblers in a Greenwich Village bar admired her because she could drink any one of them under the table.”
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“Mr. Wright’s style often reminds one of a stream ‘riled’ by a heavy storm.”
