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[She] had kindled the callow fancy of the most idle and shiftless of all
the village lads, and had conceived for this Howard Carpenter one of
those absurd and extravagant passions which a handsome country boy of
twenty one sometimes inspires in a plain, angular, spectacled woman of
thirty. (Willa Cather, "A Wagner Matinee")
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Okay, I know this. It has to be "The fact that Northern opinions of slavery can be hypocritical"
The author wanted to have people see themselves in Miss Ophelia so that they could reconsider their views on slavery.
I hope this helps some! :)
<span>The schools were racially segregated, which led to a lower quality of education for some students in Topeka.</span>
