The American Reader: Words that Moved a NationDiane Ravitch HarperCollins, 1990 - 383 páginas The American Reader is a uniquely readable anthology of writings and thoughts that are important in American history. The approximately 200 chronologically arranged selections, while all historically and culturally important, were chosen primarily for their literary quality and their interest to readers today. Illustrated. |
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... hope of peace and reconciliation . There is no longer any room for hope . If we wish to be free - if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long con- tending - if we mean not basely to ...
... hope of peace and reconciliation . There is no longer any room for hope . If we wish to be free - if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long con- tending - if we mean not basely to ...
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... Hope ( 1868-1936 ) was born in Augusta , Georgia , and graduated from Worcester Academy in Massachusetts and then Brown University in 1894. When he wrote the following , he was a professor of classics and sciences at Roger Williams ...
... Hope ( 1868-1936 ) was born in Augusta , Georgia , and graduated from Worcester Academy in Massachusetts and then Brown University in 1894. When he wrote the following , he was a professor of classics and sciences at Roger Williams ...
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... hope on earth . I know that we can - I know that we shall begin here the fuller and richer realization of that hope - that promise of a land where all men are free and equal , and each man uses his freedom and equal- ity wisely and well ...
... hope on earth . I know that we can - I know that we shall begin here the fuller and richer realization of that hope - that promise of a land where all men are free and equal , and each man uses his freedom and equal- ity wisely and well ...
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The Mayflower Compact | 3 |
A Demand to Limit Search and Seizure | 9 |
A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom in Virginia | 25 |
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