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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This , however , has been known by the great to be the temper of mankind ; and
they have accordingly labored , in all ages , to wrest from the populace , as they
are contemptuously called , the knowledge of their rights and wrongs , and the ...
This , however , has been known by the great to be the temper of mankind ; and
they have accordingly labored , in all ages , to wrest from the populace , as they
are contemptuously called , the knowledge of their rights and wrongs , and the ...
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This called on me for revenge . I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully
glutted my vengeance : for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace . But do not
harbour a thought that mine is the joy of fear . Logan never felt fear . He will not ...
This called on me for revenge . I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully
glutted my vengeance : for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace . But do not
harbour a thought that mine is the joy of fear . Logan never felt fear . He will not ...
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But when the British called on slaves to join their side , the revolutionary army
reversed its policy . Some 5,000 African Americans , both slave and free , fought
in the American army . Many gained their freedom as a result of wartime service ...
But when the British called on slaves to join their side , the revolutionary army
reversed its policy . Some 5,000 African Americans , both slave and free , fought
in the American army . Many gained their freedom as a result of wartime service ...
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Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we
shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled, that force must be called in to win
back our love? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are the implements of war
...
Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we
shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled, that force must be called in to win
back our love? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are the implements of war
...
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He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and
distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of
fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.—He has dissolved
Representative ...
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and
distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of
fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.—He has dissolved
Representative ...
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Страница 119 - Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave.
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Страница 44 - Virginia do enact that no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer, on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge or affect their civil capacities.
Страница 120 - His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan; His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man.
Страница 248 - Physically speaking, we cannot separate. We cannot remove our respective sections from each other nor build an impassable wall between them. A husband and wife may be divorced and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other, but the different parts of our country cannot do this.
Страница 534 - We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of "separate but equal" has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. Therefore, we hold that the plaintiffs and others similarly situated for whom the actions have been brought are, by reason of the segregation complained of, deprived of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment.
Страница 115 - surely that is something at my window lattice; Let me see, then, what thereat is, and this mystery explore; Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore: 'Tis the wind and nothing more." Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter, In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore. Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he; But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door, Perched...
Страница 121 - Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught ! Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought ; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought ! ENDYMION.
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| Наслов | The American Reader: Words That Moved a Nation |
| Аутор | Diane Ravitch |
| Издање | илустровано, поново одштампано издање, ревидирано |
| Издавач | Harper Collins, 2000 |
| ISBN | 0062737333, 9780062737335 |
| Дужина | 656 страница |
| Извоз навода | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |