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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... never to aban- don until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained , we must fight ! I repeat it , sir , we must fight ! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us ! They tell us , sir , that we are weak ...
... never can do while by⚫ her dependence on Britain she is made the make - weight in the scale of British politics . Europe is too thickly planted with kingdoms to be long at peace , and whenever a war breaks out between England and any ...
... never attempt it again is idle and visionary ; we thought so as the repeal of the stamp act , yet a year or two unde- ceived us ; as well may we suppose that nations which have been once defeated will never renew the quarrel . As to ...
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