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Sir, they are a race of convicts, and ought to be thankful for any thing we allow them short of hanging.

Samuel Johnson
Grateful, Race, Insulting
"The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides".
Sir, they are a race of convicts, and ought to be thankful for any thing we allow them short of hanging.