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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... truth , and listen to the song of that siren , till she transforms us into beasts . Is this the part of wise men , engaged in a great and arduous struggle for lib- erty ? Are we disposed to be of the number of those who , having eyes ...
... chains and slavery ? Forbid it , Almighty God ! I know not what course others may take ; but as for me , give me lib- erty , or give me death ! THOMAS JEFFERSON THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE We hold these truths 36 The American Reader.
... truths to be self - evident , that all men are created equal , that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights , that among these are Life , Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness . Thomas Jefferson ( 1743-1826 ) ...
... truths to be self - evident , that all men are created equal , that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights , that among these are Life , Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness . - That to secure these rights ...
... truth is great and will prevail if left to herself ; that she is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error , and has nothing to fear from the conflict unless by human interposition disarmed of her natural weapons , free argument and ...
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