The American Reader: Words That Moved a NationThe 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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... individual statements on public policy that attain the moral integrity of Learned Hand on " The Spirit of Liberty " or Margaret Chase Smith disassociating herself from the depreda- tions of Senator Joseph McCarthy . Our presidents in ...
... individual villain , or an army of them ? If we reason to the root of things we shall find no difference ; neither can any just cause be assigned why we should punish in the one case and pardon in the other . Let them call me rebel ...
... individuals of all nations are melted into a new race of men , whose labours and posterity will one day cause great changes in the world . In 1782 , a French - American farmer and naturalist published a dozen essays , which he called ...