• Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any other land.

  Herman Melville
  American author 1819-1891
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1. mediocrity
2. excellence
3. praises
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Let America first praise mediocrity even, in her children, before she praises... the best excellence in the children of any other land. by : Herman Melville

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