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... Average American VIII . The American Indian IX . The Negro X. The Appalachian Mountaineer . PART THREE The Foreign - Born and American Traits XI . The North European Immigrant XII . The South European Immigrant XIII . The Slavic ...
... Average American VIII . The American Indian IX . The Negro X. The Appalachian Mountaineer . PART THREE The Foreign - Born and American Traits XI . The North European Immigrant XII . The South European Immigrant XIII . The Slavic ...
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... average American has walked on his own feet , worked with his own hands , and spoken from his own mind . The The American has been unafraid to develop blis- tered or calloused hands ; he has not been ashamed of the insignia of honest ...
... average American has walked on his own feet , worked with his own hands , and spoken from his own mind . The The American has been unafraid to develop blis- tered or calloused hands ; he has not been ashamed of the insignia of honest ...
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... average citi- zen is able to express his independent judgment on all public questions and that he keeps his political representatives informed in regard to his beliefs on legislative questions . One method throws the actual ...
... average citi- zen is able to express his independent judgment on all public questions and that he keeps his political representatives informed in regard to his beliefs on legislative questions . One method throws the actual ...
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... AVERAGE AMERICAN The term " average American " is here used to in- clude all native - born Americans except three dis- tinct native groups , viz . , the American Indians , the Negroes , and the Appalachian mountaineers . Aver age ...
... AVERAGE AMERICAN The term " average American " is here used to in- clude all native - born Americans except three dis- tinct native groups , viz . , the American Indians , the Negroes , and the Appalachian mountaineers . Aver age ...
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... average native is moving either upward or downward on the graded scale of Americanism . Some persons are improving the quality of our na- tional life ; others are degrading our precious stand- ards . All Americans can be truer Americans ...
... average native is moving either upward or downward on the graded scale of Americanism . Some persons are improving the quality of our na- tional life ; others are degrading our precious stand- ards . All Americans can be truer Americans ...
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Page 254 - But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts, for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own governments...
Page 233 - The unity of government which constitutes you one people, is also now dear to you. It is justly so ; for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence ; the support of your tranquillity at home ; your peace abroad; of your safety; of your prosperity; of that very liberty which you so highly prize.
Page 236 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against anti republican tendencies; the preservation of the General Government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Page 230 - Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us.
Page 230 - It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish ? What would they have ? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not what course others may take;...
Page 238 - In the wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so to do. It is only when our rights are invaded or seriously menaced that we resent injuries or make preparation for our defence.
Page 229 - They tell us, sir, that we are weak — unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week — or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed ; and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house?
Page 244 - One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war.
Page 236 - ... a well-disciplined militia, our best reliance in peace and for the first moments of war, till regulars may relieve them; the supremacy of the civil over the military authority; economy in the public expense, that labor may be lightly burdened; the honest payment of our debts, and sacred preservation of the public faith...
Page 253 - ... for the ultimate peace of the world and for the liberation of its peoples, the German peoples included: for the rights of nations great and small and the privilege of men everywhere to choose their way of life and of obedience. The world must be made safe for democracy.