For example. 80 years after the Declaration of Independence. Lincoln was to write to his friend Joshua Speed. As a Nation. we began by declaring "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal. except Negroes." When the knownothings get control. it will read "all men are created equal. except Negroes. and foreigners. and Catholics." When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretence of loving libertyto Russia. for instance. where despotism can be taken pure. and without the base alloy of hypocracy. Despite the eerie. prophetic quality about Lincolns words of the 1850s when read in todays world. we have. on balance in our history. been going forward in civil rights. Although sometimes we appear to take three steps forward only to fall back two.
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