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Blight seems to be saying that the Underground Railroad is a myth, is this true? -- R. King | Blight seems to be saying that the Underground Railroad is a myth, is this true? -- R. King | ||
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| + | We had discussed to a limited extent in class the ways in which classical ideals played into a creation of the memory of the Confederacy. DuBois seems to strike at the heart of this when he says, "we seek in vain the Teutonic deification of Self, and Roman brute force." Why else would he feel it necessary to base his speech around the glories of the Teutonic or the Roman Empires, unless he saw the Lost Cause becoming institutionalized?- DRadtke | ||
