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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Words That Moved a Nation Diane Ravitch. They tell us , sir , that we are weak ; unable to cope with so for- midable ... nations ; and who will raise friends to fight our battles for us . The battle , sir , is not to the strong alone ; it ...
Words That Moved a Nation Diane Ravitch. gland , that the same tyranny which drove the first emigrants from home ... nations who would otherwise seek our friend- ship , and against whom we have neither anger nor complaint . As Europe is ...
Words That Moved a Nation Diane Ravitch. and instruct us forever to renounce a power in whom we can have no trust ... nations which have been once defeated will never renew the quarrel . As to government matters , it is not in the power ...
Words That Moved a Nation Diane Ravitch. of us ; for if they cannot conquer us , they cannot govern us . To be always running three or four thousand miles with a tale or a peti- tion , waiting four or five months for an answer , which ...
Words That Moved a Nation Diane Ravitch. I have as little superstition in me as any man living , but my secret ... nations and ages have been subject to them : Britain has trembled like an ague at the report of a French fleet of flat ...