Arthur L. Herman - Millions of Americans cannot tell you who lived at Mount Vernon or who wrote the ...

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Millions of Americans cannot tell you who lived at Mount Vernon or who wrote the Declaration of Independence - let alone the Emancipation Proclamation. But they know that to be 'a Benedict Arnold' is to be a traitor of the deepest dye - someone who coldly betrays not only a sacred cause but every moral scruple along the way.

Arthur L. Herman

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Millionen von Amerikanern können nicht sagen, wer in Mount Vernon lebte oder die Unabhängigkeitserklärung schrieb - ganz zu schweigen von der Emanzipationsproklamation. Aber sie wissen, dass es ein "Benedict Arnold" ist, ein Verräter der tiefsten Farbstoffe zu sein - jemand, der kalt nicht nur eine heilige Sache, sondern jeden moralischen Skrupel auf dem Weg verrät.

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