George Mason - Taught to regard a part of our ...

Taught to regard a part of our own Species in the most abject and contemptible Degree below us, we lose that Idea of the dignity of Man which the Hand of Nature had implanted in us, for great and useful purposes.

George Mason

American Statesman

Born: Dec 11, 1725

Died: Oct 7, 1792

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