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           Thewitnessesforthestate,withtheexceptionofthesheriffofMaycombCounty,havepresentedthemselvestoyougentlemen,tothiscourt,inthecynicalconfidencethattheirtestimonywouldnotbedoubted,confidentthatyougentlemenwouldgoalongwiththemontheumption—theevilumption—thatallNegroeslie,thatallNegroesarebasicallyimmoralbeings,thatallNegromenarenottobetrustedaroundourwomen,anumptiononeociateswithmindsoftheircaliber.

           "Which,gentlemen,weknowisinitselfalieasblackasTomRobinson’sskin,alieIdonothavetopointouttoyou.Youknowthetruth,andthetruthisthis:someNegroeslie,someNegroesareimmoral,someNegromenarenottobetrustedaroundwomen—blackorwhite.Butthisisatruththatappliestothehumanraceandtonoparticularraceofmen.Thereisnotapersoninthiscourtroomwhohasnevertoldalie,whohasneverdoneanimmoralthing,andthereisnomanlivingwhohasneverlookeduponawomanwithoutdesire."

           Atticuspausedandtookouthishandkerchief.Thenhetookoffhisglassesandwipedthem,andwesawanother"first":wehadneverseenhimsweat—hewasoneofthosemenwhosefacesneverperspired,butnowitwasshiningtan.

           "Onemorething,gentlemen,beforeIquit.ThomasJeffersononcesaidthatallmenarecreatedequal,aphrasethattheYankeesandthedistaffsideoftheExecutivebranchinWashingtonarefondofhurlingatus.