The American Reader: Words That Moved a NationThe 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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... 373 W. E. B. DU BOIS : Advice to a Black Schoolgirl The Niagara Movement Declaration of Principles ALBERT VON TILZER AND JACK NORWORTH : Take Me Out to the Ball Game 378 379 384 JOE HILL : The Preacher and the Slave 385 JOYCE Contents xi.
... Principles 398 EDGAR LEE MASTERS : Anne Rutledge 401 ROBERT FROST : Mending Wall 402 ROBERT FROST : The Road Not Taken ROBERT FROST : Fire and Ice ALICE DUER MILLER : Evolution 404 405 405 CARL SANDBURG : Chicago RALPH CHAPLIN ...
... principle that Robert Frost described in the introduction to his collected poetry , speaking of a poem : " Read it a hundred times ; it will forever keep its freshness as a petal keeps its fragrance . It can never lose its sense of a ...
... principle for selection of entries was suggested by these 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 ...
... principles of law , that ever was found in an English lawbook . I must , there- fore , beg your honors ' patience ... principle . I was solicited to argue this cause as Advocate General ; and because I would not , I have been charged ...