Americanization: A School Reader & SpeakerMacmillan, 1920 - 255 páginas |
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... LOYALTY TO DEMOCRATIC STANDARDS - Adapted from " The Christian Science Monitor " . 149 LIBERTY AND DISCIPLINE - Lawrence Lowell . 151 UNITED WE STAND - Edwin E. Slosson .. 153 THE ABILITY TO REASON , A NECESSARY QUALITY FOR CITIZENSHIP.
... LOYALTY TO DEMOCRATIC STANDARDS - Adapted from " The Christian Science Monitor " . 149 LIBERTY AND DISCIPLINE - Lawrence Lowell . 151 UNITED WE STAND - Edwin E. Slosson .. 153 THE ABILITY TO REASON , A NECESSARY QUALITY FOR CITIZENSHIP.
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... stand in the hall of the old Colonial Court House of Philadelphia . Through the open door you see the Continental Congress assembled ; the moment for a great decision is drawing near . The first little impulses to the general upheaval ...
... stand in the hall of the old Colonial Court House of Philadelphia . Through the open door you see the Continental Congress assembled ; the moment for a great decision is drawing near . The first little impulses to the general upheaval ...
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... stands there . No candid man ever read it without seeing and feeling that every word of it was dedicated by deep and earnest thought , and that every sentence of it bears the stamp of philosophic generality . It is the summing up of the ...
... stands there . No candid man ever read it without seeing and feeling that every word of it was dedicated by deep and earnest thought , and that every sentence of it bears the stamp of philosophic generality . It is the summing up of the ...
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... stand as the best proposal of the national purpose to give to all the people a chance to live a rounded , intel- ligent , complete , American life . The next conception of the national ideal is liberty . It has been from the first a ...
... stand as the best proposal of the national purpose to give to all the people a chance to live a rounded , intel- ligent , complete , American life . The next conception of the national ideal is liberty . It has been from the first a ...
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... stand upon foreign ground ? Why , by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe , entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition , rivalship , interest , humor , or caprice ? ' Tis our true policy to ...
... stand upon foreign ground ? Why , by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe , entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition , rivalship , interest , humor , or caprice ? ' Tis our true policy to ...
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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!