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Here I would interpose the further inquiry, Why will you make your school-house the nursery of prejudice inconsistent with the declared principles of your institutions?
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Here I would interpose the further inquiry, Why will you make your school-house the nursery of prejudice inconsistent…”
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He questions the morality of allowing schools to foster racial prejudice, which contradicts the principles of equality.
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