The American Reader: Words That Moved a NationHarper Collins, 05.09.2000 - 656 Seiten The American Reader is a stirring and memorable anthology that captures the many facets of American culture and history in prose and verse. The 200 poems, speeches, songs, essays, letters, and documents were chosen both for their readability and for their significance. These are the words that have inspired, enraged, delighted, chastened, and comforted Americans in days gone by. Gathered here are the writings that illuminate -- with wit, eloquence, and sometimes sharp words -- significant aspects of national conciousness. They reflect the part that all Americans -- black and white, native born and immigrant, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American, poor and wealthy -- have played in creating the nation's character. |
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... hold his tongue , he'll learn fast enough to speak . He that cannot obey , cannot command . The magistrate should obey the Laws , the People should obey the magistrate . He that waits upon a Fortune , is never sure of a Dinner . A ...
... holds among the works of God - that consent- ing to slavery is a sacrilegious breach of trust , as offensive in the sight of God as it is derogatory from our own honor or interest or happiness — and that God Almighty has promulgated ...
... hold us in Bondage we are Humbely of the Opinion ther never was aney to inslave our children for life when Born in a free Countrey . We therfor Bage your Excellency and Hon- ours will give this its deer weight and consideration and that ...
... ? Forbid it , Almighty God ! I know not what course others may take ; but as for me , give me lib- erty , or give me death ! THOMAS JEFFERSON THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE We hold these truths 36 The American Reader.
Words That Moved a Nation Diane Ravitch. THOMAS JEFFERSON THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE We hold these truths to be self - evident , that all men are created equal , that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights ...
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