Quote#Wisdom
The United States has lost her unique position as a leader in the…
Quote byCharles Eliot Norton · 1827–1908
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to Charles Waldstein (18 November 1899); in Letters of Charles Eliot Norton (1913), p. 290.
English (original)
The United States has lost her unique position as a leader in the progress of civilization and has taken up her place simply as one of the grasping and selfish nations of the present day.
— Charles Eliot Norton
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