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      Character and Opinion in the United States

      by George Santayana
      Published
      Feb 2015
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      General Fiction General Fiction
      Pages
      94
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      " ...]thinly peopled continents open to those who are more attached to what might or should be than to what already is. Americans are eminently prophets; they apply morals to public affairs; they are impatient and enthusiastic. Their judgements have highly speculative implications, which they often make explicit; they are men with principles, and fond of stating them. Moreover, they have an intense self-reliance; to exercise private judgement is not only a habit with them but a conscious duty. Not seldom personal conversions and mystical experiences throw their ingrained faith into novel forms, which may be very bold and radical. They are traditionally exercised ...]."

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      First Edition Feb 2015 Createspace ISBN13 9781505491562 ISBN10 1505491568
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      Oct 2009 Yale University Press ISBN10 B0030MIDJ0
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