I came across wonderful poems by an American poet
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You probably didn't study this at school))
Comments & analysis: AUGUST 5, 1866 / THOUGH watery deserts hold apart / The worlds of East and West,
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*Neva is a river in Saint Petersburg.
I continue to study the history of the United States from reliable sources.
More reliable than you think.))
These are the words of Abraham Lincoln, where he emphasizes the cynicism and hypocrisy of American democracy and freedom.
"Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we began by declaring
that “а men are created equal.” We now practically read it, “all men are created equal except
negroes.” When the Know-nothings get control, it will read, “а! men are created equal except
negroes and foreigners and Catholics.” When it comes to this, I shall prefer emigrating to some
country where they make no pretense of loving liberty—to Russia, for instance, where despotism
can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy."
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, letter to Joshua F. Speed, Aug. 24, 1855
I didn't say it, Lincoln said it.)) This letter is kept in the Library of Congress.
Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we began by declaring that 'all men are created equal.' We now practically read...
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Who better than Lincoln knew then what was really happening in the United States.