James Fenimore Cooper Quote

We can all perceive the difference between ourselves and our inferiors, but when it comes to a question of the difference between us and our superiors we fail to appreciate merits of which we have no proper conceptions.


The American Democrat: Or, Hints on the Social and Civic Relations of the United States of America (ed. 1838)


We can all perceive the difference between ourselves and our inferiors, but when it comes to a question of the difference between us and our...

We can all perceive the difference between ourselves and our inferiors, but when it comes to a question of the difference between us and our...

We can all perceive the difference between ourselves and our inferiors, but when it comes to a question of the difference between us and our...

We can all perceive the difference between ourselves and our inferiors, but when it comes to a question of the difference between us and our...