"It seems to me, all created critters look down on each other. The British and French look down on the s, and colonists look down upon s and Indians, while we look down upon them all. It's the way of the world, I do suppose; but the road ain't a pleasant one."
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, in Sam Slick's wise saws and modern instances: or, What he said, did, or invented, Volumen 1 (1853), p. 185, '.
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Thomas Chandler Haliburton
Thomas Chandler Haliburton (December 17, 1796 – August 27, 1865) was one of the first major Canadian authors. He was also a judge and, for a short period of years, a member of the Canadian Parliament.
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