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| | DOUGLASS : Henry W. Grady, "The New South," 22 December 1886 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) |
 | | There is a New South, not through protest against the Old, but because of new conditions, new adjustments and, if you please, new ideas and aspirations. |
 | | Never was nobler duty confided to human hands than the uplifting and upbuilding of the prostrate and bleeding South, misguided perhaps, but beautiful in her suffering, and honest, brave and generous always. |
 | | The New South presents a perfect democracy, the oligarchs leading in the popular movements social system compact and closely knitted, less splendid on the surface but stronger at the core a hundred farms for every plantation, fifty homes for every palace, and a diversified industry that meets the complex needs of this complex age. |
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