"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view."
"Being Southerners, it was a source of shame to some members of the family that we had no recorded ancestors on either side of the Battle of Hastings."
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Source: Harper Lee (2014). “To Kill a Mockingbird (Enhanced Edition)”, p.7, Harper Collins
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