Americanization: A School Reader & SpeakerMacmillan, 1920 - 255 páginas |
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... ENGLAND TOWN- MEETING - George William Curtis ..... 72 куру 778 .... 82 86 THE LEGACY OF WILLIAM PENN - Woodrow Wilson CHARACTER OF WEBSTER - Thomas F. Bayard ... CHARLES SUMNER - Carl Schurz ... ....... ABRAHAM LINCOLN - Ralph Waldo ...
... ENGLAND TOWN- MEETING - George William Curtis ..... 72 куру 778 .... 82 86 THE LEGACY OF WILLIAM PENN - Woodrow Wilson CHARACTER OF WEBSTER - Thomas F. Bayard ... CHARLES SUMNER - Carl Schurz ... ....... ABRAHAM LINCOLN - Ralph Waldo ...
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... England is to be shaken off , but a new organization of society is to be built up , on the basis of liberty and equality . That is the Declara- tion of Independence ! That is the American Revolution ! It is a common thing that men of a ...
... England is to be shaken off , but a new organization of society is to be built up , on the basis of liberty and equality . That is the Declara- tion of Independence ! That is the American Revolution ! It is a common thing that men of a ...
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... England has driven us to arms ; and , blinded to her own interest for our good , she has obstinately persisted , till independence is now within our grasp . We have but to reach forth to it , and it is ours . Why , then , should we ...
... England has driven us to arms ; and , blinded to her own interest for our good , she has obstinately persisted , till independence is now within our grasp . We have but to reach forth to it , and it is ours . Why , then , should we ...
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... England and the debt we owe them . Regarding the English form of government , it is interesting to note that about 1711 , Joseph Addison wrote as follows : I look upon it as a peculiar happiness that were I to choose of what religion I ...
... England and the debt we owe them . Regarding the English form of government , it is interesting to note that about 1711 , Joseph Addison wrote as follows : I look upon it as a peculiar happiness that were I to choose of what religion I ...
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... England , rooted on the American continent , become a military despotism , the United States could not indulge the easy optimism which makes them tolerate the faults of their govern- ment . As it is , that which might prove to a ...
... England , rooted on the American continent , become a military despotism , the United States could not indulge the easy optimism which makes them tolerate the faults of their govern- ment . As it is , that which might prove to a ...
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN Ameri American asked battle believe blood called CARL SCHURZ character citizen citizenship civic civilization colonies common Constitution Declaration of Independence democracy democratic duty E. D. SHURTER ELIHU ROOT England English equal eyes faith fathers flag force foreign FRANKLIN HENRY GIDDINGS free speech freedom GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS give glory GROVER CLEVELAND happiness heart HENRY HENRY CABOT LODGE HENRY WATTERSON honest honor hope human idea ideal immigrant individual inspiration institutions interest IRVING BACHELLER Jefferson justice labor land liberty live look loyalty mankind mean ment MEREDITH NICHOLSON millions mind moral nation never patriotism peace political President principles privileges public opinion QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES race remember Republic secure social society spirit stand story THEODORE ROOSEVELT things THOMAS JEFFERSON thought tion to-day true truth union United Washington Webster words
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Página 43 - that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.
Página 203 - Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe that prattles on her lap ; let it be taught in schools, in seminaries, and in colleges; let it be written in primers, spelling-books, and in almanacs; let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls, and enforced in courts of justice. And, in short, let it become the political religion of the nation...
Página 29 - It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world; so far, I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it ; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements.
Página 61 - Citizens by birth or choice, of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of AMERICAN, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations.
Página 14 - Are not you, sir, who sit in that chair, is not he, our venerable colleague near you, are you not both already the proscribed...
Página 187 - And so beside the Silent Sea I wait the muffled oar ; No harm from Him can come to me On ocean or on shore. I know not where His islands lift Their fronded palms in air ; I only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care.
Página 46 - Oh, say, can you see by the dawn's early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming; Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Página 250 - We wish to increase our prosperity, to expand our trade, to grow in wealth, in wisdom, and in spirit; but our conception of the true way to accomplish this is not to pull down others and profit by their ruin, but to help all friends to a common prosperity and a common growth, that we may all become greater and stronger together.
Página 10 - We are reduced to the alternative of choosing an unconditional submission to the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. We. have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery.
Página 183 - New occasions teach new duties; Time makes ancient good uncouth; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth; Loi before us gleam her camp-fires!