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July 4, 2011
QOTD
“Races didn't bother the Americans. They were something a lot better than any race. They were a People. They were the first self-constituted, self-declared, self-created People in the history of the world.” --Archibald MacLeish quotes Discuss.Posted by Vanderleun at July 4, 2011 9:01 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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Would that we inscribed those words on the hearts, hands and minds of every school child. And meant it.
Posted by: Jewel at July 4, 2011 12:42 PM
In 1973 when I was in high school I attended a luncheon where MacLeish read Conquistador, I believe in its entirety. He was in his 80's and feeble, but it was still amazing.
I never realized until I just Wiki'd him that he was in Skull and Bones.
Posted by: Velociman at July 5, 2011 7:23 PM
In 1973 when I was in high school I attended a luncheon where MacLeish read Conquistador, I believe in its entirety. He was in his 80's and feeble, but it was still amazing.
I never realized until I just Wiki'd him that he was in Skull and Bones.
Posted by: Velociman at July 5, 2011 7:23 PM