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Introduction | |
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National Identity: Why Should It Matter? | |
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�The Man without a Country� | |
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The Promised Land | |
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�In a Strange Country� | |
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The American Creed | |
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Declaration of Independence | |
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Gettysburg Address | |
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Publius, Federalist No. 10 | |
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Mayflower Compact | |
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To the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island | |
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The American Character: Individuals Free and Equal | |
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�To Build a Fire� | |
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�A Father-to-Be� | |
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�Harrison Bergeron� | |
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�Idiots First� | |
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�The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg� | |
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�The May-Pole of Merry Mount� | |
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�Defender of the Faith� | |
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Toward A More Robust Citizenry: The Virtues of Civic Life | |
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Self-Command and Self-Respect | |
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�Project for Moral Perfection,� The Autobiography | |
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�Pandora� | |
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�Twenty-Two Days on a Chain Gang� | |
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�The Last Flogging,� from My Bondage and My Freedom | |
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Law-Abidingness and Justice: Toward Public Order | |
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�The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions� (Address to the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois) | |
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Letter from Birmingham Jail | |
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�A Jury of Her Peers� | |
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Courage and Self-Sacrifice: Toward Country and Its Ideals | |
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�On Roy Benavidez,� from Why Courage Matters | |
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Letter to Sarah | |
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�Chamberlain,� from The Killer Angels | |
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Speech to the Third Army | |
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�The Veteran� | |
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�The Devil and Daniel Webster� | |
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Civility, Tolerance, Compassion: Toward Neighbors | |
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�Contract� | |
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�The Blue Hotel� | |
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�The Traveler� | |
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�Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-Street� | |
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Public-Spiritedness, Charity, Reverence: Toward the Public Goods | |
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�The Open Boat� | |
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Veterans Day Speech to the Semper Fi Society of St. Louis | |
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Second Inaugural Address | |
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�The Deacon� | |
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�The Artificial Nigger� | |
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�Dosie, of Killakeet Island� | |
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The Goals of Civic Life | |
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Lifting the Floor | |
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�The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas� | |
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Writings on Education | |
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�Why Should a Colored Man Enlist?� | |
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�Democracy and Education� | |
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�The Talented Tenth� | |
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�He Who Spits at the Sky� | |
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�The Best Years� | |
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Elevating the Ceiling | |
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�The Artist of the Beautiful� | |
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�The Little Man at Chehaw Station: The American Artist and His Audience� | |
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�Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu� | |
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�Lee in the Capitol� | |
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�Yeager,� from The Right Stuff | |
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Address at Rice University on the Nation's Space Effort | |
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Preservation and Perpetuation | |
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�Old Folks' Christmas� | |
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�Everyday Use� | |
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Farewell Address | |
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�Manhood and Statehood,� from The Strenuous Life | |
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Speech on the Occasion of the 150th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence | |
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�In Our Youth Our Hearts Were Touched with Fire� | |
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Thanksgiving Proclamation | |
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�Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen� | |
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Making One Out of Many | |
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Immigration and Assimilation | |
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�True Americanism� | |
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�O K*A*P*L*A*N! My K*A*P*L*A*N!� from The Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N | |
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�Aria,� from Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez | |
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Land of Lincoln: Adventures in Abe's America | |
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Songs for Free Men and Women | |
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�The Star-Spangled Banner� | |
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�.The Star-Spangled Banner� | |
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�My Country, 'Tis of Thee� | |
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�America the Beautiful� | |
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�The Battle Hymn of the Republic� | |
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�God Bless America� | |
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�This Land Is Your Land� | |
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Symbols | |
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The Great Seal of the United States | |
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The American Eagle: Two Poems | |
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�Song of the American Eagle� | |
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Herman Melville, �The Eagle of the Blue� | |
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The Flag: Willa Cather, �The Namesake� | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Sources and Credits | |