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I've asked you a question, Mr. Stevens,
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and you must answer me.
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Do you or do you not hold that the precept that
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"all men are created equal”is meant literally?
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Is that not the true purpose of the amendment?
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To promote your ultimate and ardent dream to elevate...
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The true purpose of the amendment, Mr. Wood,
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you perfectly-named,
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brainless, obstructive object?
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Now you have always insisted, Mr. Stevens,
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that Negroes are the same as white men are.
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The true purpose of the amendment...