The National Weakness a Discourse Delivered in the First Church Brookline On
The book The National Weakness a Discourse Delivered in the First Church Brookline On was written by author Hedge, Frederic Henry, 1805-1890 Here you can read free online of The National Weakness a Discourse Delivered in the First Church Brookline On book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The National Weakness a Discourse Delivered in the First Church Brookline On a good or bad book?
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! But these are offset by fatal defects. Chief amoif- these IS a certain looseness which pervades the intellect! ual and moral life of the nation, debilitating its mental capacity, and vitiating all its action. Intellectually, this trait appears in the superficiality, the crudeness, the want of discipline, of thorough and effective training, which characterize American hfe • and are due, in part, to the very constitution of our republican society, in which the facihties afforded for a certain k...ind of success, the chance of a prosperous cai-eer, to mere self-assertion, with little or no culture, and no laborious preparation of any kind, tend to lessen the demand for thorough education, and consequently reduce its standard and restrict its means. Where a hasty education will suffice for social and pohtical suc- cess, the greater part will seek no other. To an Ame- rican, the last criterion of merit, and the -P-me mark Th s callin.. , is to get the most votes; and, m this, i t^:^::. EdticLd that sueeeed hest.
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