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- Oct 2017
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engagements2017-18.as.virginia.edu engagements2017-18.as.virginia.edu
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What, but education, has advanced us beyond the condition of our indigenous neighbours? and what chains them to their present state of barbarism & wretchedness, but a besotted veneration for the supposed supe[r]lative wisdom of their fathers and the preposterous idea that they are to look backward for better things and not forward, longing, as it should seem, to return to the days of eating acorns and roots rather than indulge in the degeneracies of civilization.
This sentence is trying to show how important education is, and they did so with a rather cruel example.It is saying that without education, we would just be like the Native Indians, which are "barbaric", "wretched", and just wants to eat acorns and roots all day. Without education, it is sticking to the past. With education, we look forward into the future.
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It was the degree of centrality to the white population of the state which alone then constituted the important point of comparison between these places
This sentence shows the horrifying reason when choosing the location of University of Virginia. Although we do not like to admit this, but UVA was founded on racism. However, this also shows how far UVA has changed since then. Back during those times, white supremacy was common. Now, as most of the country's perspective changed, so has UVA.
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