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Chapter i. American Ideals 25
premises—if they are conceived to be the ideals of the American Creed
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are extraordinarily specific and definite.
Finally, in order to avoid possible misunderstandings, it should be
explained that we have called this Creed "American” in the sense that it is
adhered to by the Americans. This is the only matter which interests us
in this book, which is focused upon the Negro problem as part of American
life and American politics. But this Creed is, of course, no American
monopoly. With minor variations, some of which, however, are not without
importance, the American Creed is the common democratic creed. "Ameri-
can ideals” are just humane ideals as they have matured In our common
Western civilization upon the foundation of Christianity and pre-Christian
legalism and under the influence of the economic, scientific, and political
development over a number of centuries. The American Creed is older and
wider than America itself.
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