John Morley: “America has purged herself of slavery, yet life in America is…”

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America has purged herself of slavery, yet life in America is material, prosaic,—so say some of her own rarest sons.

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Morley reflects on the materialistic nature of American life despite its historical progress in abolishing slavery.

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John Morley: “America has purged herself of slavery, yet life in America is material, prosaic,—so say some of her own rarest sons.”