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   "Democracy has gradually  penetrated into their customs,
 * A Democratic System **

their opinions, and the forms of social

intercourse; it is to be found in all the

details of daily life equally as in the

laws."  -Alexis De Tocqueville, __Democracy in America__. (p. 374)

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Religious Mores **

"...a people amongst whom religion and law were almost identical, and in whose character both were so thoroughly interfused, that the mildest and the severest acts of public discipline were alike made venerable and awful."

-Nathaniel Hawthorne, __The Scarlet Letter__. (p. 47)

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"I am an invisible man." -Ralph Ellison, __Invisible Man__. (p. 3)
 * Racial Mores**

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Reflection On Our Legacy Hope For Change? Nay!