He who governs himself according to what he calls his principles may be punished either by one party or the other for those very principles. He who proceeds without principle, as chance, timidity, or self-preservation directs, will not perhaps fare… — J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur Copy Share Image
Men are like plants; the goodness and flavor of the fruit proceeds from the peculiar soil and exposition in which they grow. We are nothing but what we derive from the air we breathe, the climate we inhabit, the government… — J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur Copy Share Image
He who governs himself according to what he calls his principles may be punished either by one party or the other for those very… — J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur Copy Share Image
Most elegantly finished in all parts, [the hummingbird] is a miniature work of our Great Parent, who seems to have formed it the smallest,… — J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur Copy Share Image
Men are like plants; the goodness and flavor of the fruit proceeds from the peculiar soil and exposition in which they grow. We are… — J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur Copy Share Image
What, then, is this new man, the American? They are a mixture of English, Scotch, Irish, French, Dutch, Germans, and Swedes. From this promiscuous… — J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur Copy Share Image
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