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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... tion and amusement . Politicians seldom speak without reference to focus groups or pollsters to learn what people want to hear ; fearful of making a mistake , they use talking points or a text pre- pared by consultants and writers ...
... tion was the area at the mouth of the Hudson River , but because of rough seas they missed their goal and anchored in what is now Provincetown Har- bor off Cape Cod . Since it was late autumn , they decided to make their land- ing there ...
... tion of his innuendoes . The words are : " His watchmen are blind , they are ignorant , " etc. " Yea , they are greedy dogs , they can never have enough . " But to make them a libel , there is , according to Mr. Attorney's doctrine , no ...
... tion of the 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 ...
... tion of Foreigners ; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither , and raising the conditions of new Appropria- tions of Lands . He has obstructed the Administration of Justice , by refusing his Assent to Laws for ...
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