The American Reader: Words That Moved a NationHarper Collins, 2000 M09 5 - 656 páginas 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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... means of communications . Of course , this is fairly ridiculous because even advanced telecommunications requires letters and words to transmit messages and ideas . It is most cer- tainly convenient to communicate electronically with ...
... mean of that part of their conduct only which affects the liberty or property of the people under their administration ; were this to be denied , then the next step may make them slaves . For what notions can be entertained of slavery ...
... means good men : " You Romans , " said Brutus , " if yet I may call you so , consider what you are doing ; remember that you are assisting Cae- sar to forge those very chains which one day he will make your- selves wear . " This is what ...
... mean the love of power , which has been so often the cause of slavery - has , when- ever freedom has existed , been the cause of freedom . If it is this principle that has always prompted the princes and nobles of the earth by every ...
... means of knowledge among the lowest ranks is of more importance to the public than all the property of all the rich men in the country . It is even of more consequence to the rich themselves , and to their posterity . The only question ...
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