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Taught to regard a part of our own Species in the most abject and contemptible Degree below us, we lose that Idea of the dignity of Man which the Hand of Nature had implanted in us, for great and useful purposes.
George Mason

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Category:
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Date of Birth:
December 11, 1725
Date of Death:
October 7, 1792
Nationality:
American
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