The Essential American Tradition: An Anthology of Striking and Significant Passages from Our National Documents, State Papers, and the Writings and Speeches of American Statesmen and Leaders from 1619 to 1924Jesse Lee Bennett |
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... whole generations of men cannot be summarised in a few words . * The words " America " and " American " will , for convenience , be used throughout this book as referring to the United States of America . The American adventure - the ...
... whole generations of men cannot be summarised in a few words . * The words " America " and " American " will , for convenience , be used throughout this book as referring to the United States of America . The American adventure - the ...
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... whole generation to raise monuments to his vanity , had vaguely dreamed of such free- dom . The slaves who were lashed on by task - masters ' whips in building the Roman roads had dreamed of such freedom . In the hovels of feudal Europe ...
... whole generation to raise monuments to his vanity , had vaguely dreamed of such free- dom . The slaves who were lashed on by task - masters ' whips in building the Roman roads had dreamed of such freedom . In the hovels of feudal Europe ...
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... whole generations of men . It must not be understood that they were necessarily very consciously felt by the individual man of those generations . The actual daily life of the actual individual was far INTRODUCTION 27.
... whole generations of men . It must not be understood that they were necessarily very consciously felt by the individual man of those generations . The actual daily life of the actual individual was far INTRODUCTION 27.
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... whole generations rather than to the detailed effect on any particular pioneer or group of pioneers . The psychological effect on the pioneer reached back and in- fluenced even those in the settlements on the seacoast . Long before ...
... whole generations rather than to the detailed effect on any particular pioneer or group of pioneers . The psychological effect on the pioneer reached back and in- fluenced even those in the settlements on the seacoast . Long before ...
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... a nation . To understand the general relation of each of these ideas to the American experiment we must for a moment dismiss detail and again look at the whole movement to America in 32 THE ESSENTIAL AMERICAN TRADITION.
... a nation . To understand the general relation of each of these ideas to the American experiment we must for a moment dismiss detail and again look at the whole movement to America in 32 THE ESSENTIAL AMERICAN TRADITION.
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Page 259 - 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 185 - The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all times, and under all circumstances. No doctrine, involving more pernicious consequences, was ever invented by the wit of man than that any of its provisions can be suspended during any of the great exigencies of government.
Page 242 - That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other.
Page 240 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Page 147 - That all power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority and instituted for their peace, safety and happiness.
Page 309 - Our object now, as then, is to vindicate the principles of peace and justice in the life of the world as against selfish and autocratic power and to set up amongst the really free and self-governed peoples of the world such a concert of purpose and of action as will henceforth insure the observance of those principles.
Page 129 - Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
Page 206 - They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak; They are slaves who will not choose Hatred, scoffing, and abuse, Rather than in silence shrink From the truth they needs must think; They are slaves who dare not be In the right with two or three.
Page 126 - There will never be a really free and enlightened State until the State comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power, from which all its own power and authority are derived, and treats him accordingly.
Page 256 - ... That the people have an original right to establish for their future government, such principles as in their opinion shall most conduce to their own happiness, is the basis on which the whole American fabric has been erected.