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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... HOPE : Reply to Booker T. Washington 329 JOHN MARSHALL HARLAN : Dissent from 330 Plessy v . Ferguson THEODORE ROOSEVELT : In Praise of the Strenuous Life 333 GEORGE FRISBIE HOAR : Against Imperialism 337 JOSÉ DE DIEGO : No 342 THE ...
... hope so , as they are far more pleasant and user- friendly than a blinking screen . It is true that some people — and what appears to be growing numbers of young people , schooled to appreciate only what is contemporary - live entirely ...
... Mother of Good - Luck . He that lives upon Hope , dies farting . Do not do that which you would not have known . Wealth is not his that has it , but his that enjoys it . Now I've a sheep and a cow , every body 8 The American Reader.
... hope they may with safety both speak and write their sentiments of the conduct of men of power ; I mean of that part of their conduct only which affects the liberty or property of the people under their administration ; were this to be ...
... hope to be pardoned , sir , for my zeal upon this occasion . It is an old and wise caution that " when our neighbor's house is on fire , we ought to take care of our own . " For though , blessed be God , I live in a government where ...