 This they said, and this they meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth that all were then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet that they were about to confer it immediately upon them. In fact they had no power to confer such a boon....  The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine - Page 2191887Full view - About this book
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