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... tion of the kinship between political movements and the thoughts of the poets during the past one hundred and fifty years can hardly fail to suggest that the sing- ers had much to do with fostering the state of mind which by its breadth ...
... tion of the kinship between political movements and the thoughts of the poets during the past one hundred and fifty years can hardly fail to suggest that the sing- ers had much to do with fostering the state of mind which by its breadth ...
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... tion our friends do not comprehend us ; we are so little successful in our self - expression that some day the dreadful apprehension seizes us that we have only been proving how the thing could not be done . Or we have spoken bitter ...
... tion our friends do not comprehend us ; we are so little successful in our self - expression that some day the dreadful apprehension seizes us that we have only been proving how the thing could not be done . Or we have spoken bitter ...
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... tion is imperfect , I conceive to be a task worthy of this hour , and of the greatness which it recalls to the mind of every American . If all I cared for were to display Lincoln as a man decently aware of and respectful to and in an ...
... tion is imperfect , I conceive to be a task worthy of this hour , and of the greatness which it recalls to the mind of every American . If all I cared for were to display Lincoln as a man decently aware of and respectful to and in an ...
Contents
POETRY AND LIFE | 7 |
SHAKESPEARES CREED | 26 |
THE LINCOLN OF THE SECOND INAUGURAL | 43 |
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