That which in England we call the middle class is in America virtually the nation.

Matthew Arnold

A Word About America

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England and America America Middle class

Author

Matthew Arnold

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A Word About America

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English

Time

1882 1880s 19th century

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Arnold, Matthew. "A Word About America." The Nineteenth Century. London: Kegan Paul, May 1882.

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Dostoevsky, Feodor. The Brothers Karamazov, translated by David McDuff. Penguin Classics, 2003.

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At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.

Abraham Lincoln

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Abraham Lincoln
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Address before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield
Medium
Speech
Genre
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Language
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Time
1838 1830s 19th century
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Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions." 27 Jan. 1838, Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, IL, USA.

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Address to the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois, January 27, 1838." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832-1858, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.