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Should we distrust the man because his manners are not our manners,…

Quote byJames Fenimore Cooper · 1789–1851

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Last of the Mohicans (1826), Ch. 2, Cora.

English (original)

Should we distrust the man because his manners are not our manners, and that his skin is dark?

— James Fenimore Cooper

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