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I have long felt that Americans, especially whites, would rather talk about slavery than Jim Crow. All slaves are dead. They do not walk among us, their presence a daily reminder of that unspeakably cruel system. Their children are dead. Distanced by a century and a half, the modern American sees slavery as a regrettable period when blacks worked without wages. Slavery was, of course, much worse. – David Pilgrim	added by anonymous 4 years ago
We have struggled, as adults, to comprehend these unspeakably horrific deeds and to explain to our children, Evy's cherished grandchildren, that their beautiful, kind, and giving Grand-mom was no longer able to walk among us, there is no why. It has been an unimaginable task to bring reason to something so senseless. – Sloane Udell	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I have been unspeakably victimized once already, and I refuse to let that happen again to myself or my kids. – Kimberly Corban	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
However, the brutal murder of this woman is an unspeakably horrendous act. – Mark Bowden	Found on CNN 9 years ago
It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them. – Mark Twain, Following the Equator (1897)	added by anonymous 13 years ago
In our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either. – Mark Twain	added by anonymous 13 years ago
It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them. – Mark Twain	added by anonymous 14 years ago
The question grows more troubling with each passing year how much of what yesterday's science fiction regarded as unspeakably dreadful has become today's award-winning research – Theodore Roszak	added by anonymous 14 years ago

I have long felt that Americans, especially whites, would rather talk about slavery than Jim Crow. All slaves are dead. They do not walk among us, their presence a daily reminder of that unspeakably cruel system. Their children are dead. Distanced by a century and a half, the modern American sees slavery as a regrettable period when blacks worked without wages. Slavery was, of course, much worse.

– David Pilgrim

added by anonymous
4 years ago

We have struggled, as adults, to comprehend these unspeakably horrific deeds and to explain to our children, Evy's cherished grandchildren, that their beautiful, kind, and giving Grand-mom was no longer able to walk among us, there is no why. It has been an unimaginable task to bring reason to something so senseless.

– Sloane Udell

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I have been unspeakably victimized once already, and I refuse to let that happen again to myself or my kids.

– Kimberly Corban

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

However, the brutal murder of this woman is an unspeakably horrendous act.

– Mark Bowden

Found on CNN
9 years ago

It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.

– Mark Twain, Following the Equator (1897)

added by anonymous
13 years ago

In our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either.

– Mark Twain

added by anonymous
13 years ago

It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.

– Mark Twain

added by anonymous
14 years ago

The question grows more troubling with each passing year how much of what yesterday's science fiction regarded as unspeakably dreadful has become today's award-winning research

– Theodore Roszak

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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