Snow Falling on Cedars
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There's reason in his uncertainty.
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Why?
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Well, we sent him and his wife and...
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...thousands of Americans
to concentration camps.

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They lost their homes, their belongings...
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...everything.
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Should we now be unforgiving
of his mistrust?

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Our learned prosecutor
will have you do your duty as Americans.

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Proud Americans.
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Of course, you must! And if you do...
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...Kazuo Miyamoto has nothing to fear.
Because...

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...this great country is supposed
to be founded on a set of principles...

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...of fairness...
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...of equality and justice.
And if you are true...

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...to these principles...
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...you'll only convict a man
for what he's done, and not for who he is.

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I'm an old man.
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I don't walk so well anymore.
One of my eyes is close to useless.

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My life is drawing to a close.
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Why do I say this?
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I say this because it means
that I ponder matters...

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...in the light of death...
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...in a way that most of you do not.
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I feel like a traveler descended...
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...from Mars, astounded by what I see here.
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The same human frailty...
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...passed on from generation to generation.
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We hate one another.
We are the victims of...

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...irrational fears, of prejudice.
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You might think...
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...that this is a small trial in a small place.
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It isn't.
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Every once in a while,
somewhere in the world...

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...humanity goes on trial...

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