Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any other land.
Herman Melville
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Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed.
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There is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself.
- Herman Melville