The American Reader: Words That Moved a NationHarper Collins, 5. 9. 2000. - 656 страница 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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... heart " become one's personal treasure , available when needed . In some curious way , they are committed to " memory " but stored lovingly in the " heart . " Certain things are a pleasure to memorize , a plea- sure that one may own and ...
... hearts at fair Liberty's call ; No tyrannous acts shall suppress your just claim , Or stain with dishonour America's name . CHORUS : In Freedom we're born and in Freedom we'll live , Our purses are ready , Steady , Friends , Steady ...
... heart of a coward , and the spirit of a sycophant .... Every quiet method for peace hath been ineffectual . Our prayers have been rejected with disdain ; and have tended to con- vince us that nothing flatters vanity or confirms ...
... hearts . They distinguish us from the herd of common animals . The social compact would dissolve , and justice be extirpated from the earth , or have only a casual exis- tence , were we callous to the touches of affection . The robber ...
... and poor , will suffer or rejoice alike . The heart that feels not now , is dead : the blood of his children will curse his cowardice , who shrinks back at a time when a little might have saved the whole 52 ☆ The American Reader.