The American IdealLongmans, Green and Company, 1936 - 275 Seiten |
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... born to champion the aristocratic idea at its highest . Washington , whose secretary he had been during the war and who knew his genius , had appointed him Secretary of the Treasury , a post for which he was fitted by financial talents ...
... born to champion the aristocratic idea at its highest . Washington , whose secretary he had been during the war and who knew his genius , had appointed him Secretary of the Treasury , a post for which he was fitted by financial talents ...
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... born raconteur , he was used to holding forth to his neighbours and so boldly put himself forward . His election address was a mixture of parish - pump politics and that curious idealism which he always contrived to blend with a shrewd ...
... born raconteur , he was used to holding forth to his neighbours and so boldly put himself forward . His election address was a mixture of parish - pump politics and that curious idealism which he always contrived to blend with a shrewd ...
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... born in 1819 of working - class parentage on a farm in Long Island , he was to find his miracle incarnate - ' not only the grateful and reverent legatee of the past , but the born child 124 THE AMERICAN IDEAL.
... born in 1819 of working - class parentage on a farm in Long Island , he was to find his miracle incarnate - ' not only the grateful and reverent legatee of the past , but the born child 124 THE AMERICAN IDEAL.
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CHAPTER | 1 |
ABRAHAM LINCOLN | 46 |
EMERSON AND WHITMAN | 106 |
Urheberrecht | |
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Abraham Lincoln Alan Seeger American dream Andrew Jackson beauty became believed better born Boston British century Civil Congress countrymen dead death declared defeated democracy democratic election Emerson England English Europe eyes father feel followed freedom future hand happy heart hope human ideal Independence interests Jefferson King knew labour land liberty Lincoln Lindsay living Mark Hanna mind Missouri Compromise Monroe Doctrine Monticello moral nation nature negro neighbours never night North Old World once passionate peace poet political politicians President Presidential race rendezvous with Death Republican Party Seeger seemed sing slavery slaves soul South Southern spirit spring Springfield stand Stephen Graham sweet Theodore Roosevelt thing thought tion told a friend Union United Vachel Vachel Lindsay Virginia vote Walter Page Washington wealth West Western Whitman whole wilderness wrote York young