This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1837 edition. Excerpt: ... France; but also the most abstruse departments of knowledge cultivated and improved by men of competent talents. Their number, assuredly, is not as great as in Europe; but still they exist and are sufficient to imprint a character on the nation. But men of science, as I have remarked before, belong to no ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1837 edition. Excerpt: ... France; but also the most abstruse departments of knowledge cultivated and improved by men of competent talents. Their number, assuredly, is not as great as in Europe; but still they exist and are sufficient to imprint a character on the nation. But men of science, as I have remarked before, belong to no country, and are, in themselves, incapable of giving a national impulse. They may excite emulation and contribute to the developement of intellect; but they cannot create such lasting distinctions and peculiarities, as we are in the habit of claiming for the national literature of a people. America has not passed through the different stages of civilization, each of which leaves its historical monuments and a distinct impression on the people. There was no community of religion, and hardly of feeling, previous to their common resistance against England! It was the genius of liberty which gave America a national elevation; and it is to this genius, therefore, we must look for national productions. It is the bond of union, the confession, the religion, the life of Americans; it is that which distinguishes them above all other nations in the world. " So unermesslich ist, so umendlich erhaben der Himmel I Aber der Kleinigkeitsgeist zog auch den Himmel herab." Schiller's Poems. But the genius of liberty, though it has chosen America for its permanent dwelling, overshadows also a portion of Europe. England, France, and Germany are roused by its summons; and the poet of Europe, inspired by the same muse, kneels at the same altar, and worships the same God. Thus, the Americans instead of being a distinct people, have become the representatives of liberty throughout the world. Their country has become the home of the banished; the asylum of the...
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