The American Reader: Words That Moved a NationHarper Collins, 05 սեպ, 2000 թ. - 656 էջ 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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... labor under the weight of many years and am borne down with great infirmities of body ; yet old and weak as I am , I should think it my duty , if required , to go to the utmost part of the land , where my service could be of any use in ...