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           "Verygood,JeanLouise,verygood,"MissGatessmiled.InfrontofDEMOCRACY,sheprintedWEAREA."Nowclass,sayitalltogether,‘Weareademocracy.’"

           Wesaidit.ThenMissGatessaid,"That’sthedifferencebetweenAmericaandGermany.WeareademocracyandGermanyisadictatorship.Dictator-ship,"shesaid."Overherewedon’tbelieveinpersecutinganybody.Persecutioncomesfrompeoplewhoareprejudiced.Prejudice,"sheenunciatedcarefully."TherearenobetterpeopleintheworldthantheJews,andwhyHitlerdoesn’tthinksoisamysterytome."

           Aninquiringsoulinthemiddleoftheroomsaid,"Whydon’ttheyliketheJews,youreckon,MissGates?"

           "Idon’tknow,Henry.Theycontributetoeverysocietytheylivein,andmostofall,theyareadeeplyreligiouspeople.Hitler’stryingtodoawaywithreligion,somaybehedoesn’tlikethemforthatreason."

           Cecilspokeup."WellIdon’tknowforcertain,"hesaid,"they’resupposedtochangemoneyorsomethin’,butthatain’tnocausetopersecute‘em.They’rewhite,ain’tthey?"

           MissGatessaid,"Whenyougettohighschool,Cecil,you’lllearnthattheJewshavebeenpersecutedsincethebeginningofhistory,evendrivenoutoftheirowncountry.It’soneofthemostterriblestoriesinhistory.Timeforarithmetic,children."

           AsIhadneverlikedarithmetic,Ispenttheperiodlookingoutthewindow.TheonlytimeIeversawAtticusscowlwaswhenElmerDaviswouldgiveusthelatestonHitler.