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"Bright El Dorado, land of gold, We have so sought for thee, There's not a spot in all the globe Where such a land can be." – Letitia Elizabeth Landon, from "Mont Blanc in The Bijou" (1829).
"No California gentleman or lady ever abuses or oppresses a Chinaman, under any circumstances, an explanation that seems to be much needed in the east. Only the scum of the population do it; they and their children. They, and, naturally and consistently, the policemen and politicians, likewise, for these are the dust-licking pimps and slaves of the scum, there as well as elsewhere in America." – Mark Twain, "Roughing It" (1872)
"California, I'll be knocking on the golden door Like an angel, standing in a…
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