Excerpt from Modern American Prose Selections AS the reader, if he wishes, may discover without undue delay, the little volume of modern prose selections that he has before him is the result of no ambitious or pr'e tentions design. It is not a collection of the best things that have lately been known and thought in the American world; it is not an anthology in which all our best authors are represented by striking or celebrated pas sages. The editor planned nothing either so precious or so eclectic. His purpose rather was ...
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Excerpt from Modern American Prose Selections AS the reader, if he wishes, may discover without undue delay, the little volume of modern prose selections that he has before him is the result of no ambitious or pr'e tentions design. It is not a collection of the best things that have lately been known and thought in the American world; it is not an anthology in which all our best authors are represented by striking or celebrated pas sages. The editor planned nothing either so precious or so eclectic. His purpose rather was to bring together some twenty examples of typical contemporary prose, in which writers who know whereof they write discuss certain present-day themes in readable fashion. In choosing material he has sought to include nothing merely because of the name of the author, and he has demanded of each selection that it should be of such a character, both in subject and style, as to impress normal and wholesome Americans as well worth reading. The earlier selections President Roosevelt's noble eulogy upon Lincoln, Secretary Lane's two addresses on American tradition and heritage, and Governor Coolidge's address at Holy Cross remind the reader of the high significance of our national past and indicate the promise of a rightly apprehended future. There follow two articles Our Future Immigration Policy, by Com missioner Frederic C. Howe, and A New Relationship between Capital and Labor, by Mr. John D. Rockefeller. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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