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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... called , the knowledge of their rights and wrongs , and the power to assert the former or redress the latter . I say RIGHTS , for such they have , undoubtedly , antecedent to all earthly govern- ment rights that cannot be repealed or ...
... called on me for revenge . I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance : for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace . But do not harbour a thought that mine is the joy of fear . Logan never felt fear ...
... called on slaves to join their side , the revolutionary army reversed its policy . Some 5,000 African Americans , both slave and free , fought in the Amer- ican army . Many gained their freedom as a result of wartime service , and thou ...
... called in to win back our love ? Let us not deceive ourselves , sir . These are the implements of war and subjugation ; the last arguments to which kings resort . I ask gentlemen , sir , what means this martial array , if its purpose be ...
... called together legislative bodies at places unusual , uncomfortable , and distant from the depository of their public Records , for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures . He has dissolved Representative ...
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The Unmaking of Americans: How Multiculturalism Has Undermined the ... John J. Miller Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 1998 |
Madcaps, Screwballs, and Con Women: The Female Trickster in American Culture Lori Landay Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 1998 |