Southern Pacific Company

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    “I think those Southern writers [William Faulkner, Carson McCullers] have analyzed very carefully the buildup in the South of a special consciousness brought about by the self- condemnation resulting from slavery, the humiliation following the War Between the States and the hope, sometimes expressed timidly, for redemption.”
    —Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.)

    “The doctor of Geneva stamped the sand
    That lay impounding the Pacific swell,
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    ““Come, boys, I know there’s kindly hearts among so good a
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    To be in such good company would make a deacon proud.”
    —Hugh Antoine D’Arcy (1843–1925)