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Everybody agrees that there is an utter prostration of morals; but this general position can never convey to an American mind the degree of depravity....
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “Everybody agrees that there is an utter prostration of morals; but this general position can never convey to an American…”
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Beveridge critiques the moral decay he perceives in society, emphasizing the severity of the issue.
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