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— Ralph Waldo Emerson"We are the children of many sires, and every drop of blood in us in its turn betrays its ancestor."
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There could be no greater calamity than a permanent discord between us and the Arab people. Despite the great wrong that has been done us, we must strive for a just and lasting compromise with the Arab people Let us recall that in former times no people lived in greater friendship with us than the ancestors of these Arabs.
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