On the record
They had enough originally to gain position; they have not enough left now to retain it; and it waits the grasping hand of the coming parvenues.
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Whitelaw Reid
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gutenberg.orgWhitelaw Reid: “They had enough originally to gain position; they have not enough left now to retain it; and it waits the grasping hand…”
Editor's note · Context
Reid discusses the shift in social power from established families to newcomers in the South.
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