The American Reader: Words That Moved a NationHarper Collins, 2000年9月5日 - 656 頁 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 an adversary . But when shall we be stronger ? Will it be the next week , or the next year ? Will it be when we are ...
... tell you , friend , he reigns above , and doth not make havoc of mankind like the Royal Brute of Great Britain . Yet that we may not appear to be defective even in earthly honors , let a day be solemnly set apart for proclaiming the ...