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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... questions : Which short pieces should we seek to remember as a nation ? What should a reader look for at this time in our nation's history ? Who should be added to the pantheon of oft - heard Amer- ican voices ? The voices that I added ...
... question in the world is , What Good may I do in it ? If you wou'd not be forgotten As soon as you are dead and rotten , Either write things worth reading , or do things worth the writing . Sell not virtue to purchase wealth , nor ...
... question before the court , and you , gentle- men of the jury , is not of small nor private concern ; it is not the cause of a poor printer , nor of New York alone , which you are now trying . No ! It may , in its consequence , affect ...
... a British officer left him insane . May it please your honors , I was desired by one of the court to look into the books , and consider the question now before them concerning writs of assistance . I have , accordingly.
... question is whether it is a public emolument ; and if it is , the rich ought undoubtedly to contribute , in the same proportion as to all other public burdens — that is , in proportion to their wealth , which is secured by public ...
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