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English is, from my point of view as an Americanist, an ethnicity. And English literature should be studied in Comparative Literature. And American literature should…

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America does not seem to remember that it derived its wealth, its values, its food, much of its medicine, and a large…
Indians think it is important to remember, while Americans believe it is important to forget.
Human beings need to belong to a tradition and equally need to know about the world in which they find themselves.
Humor is widely used by Indians to deal with life. Indian gatherings are marked by laughter and jokes, many directed at the…
An odd thing occurs in the minds of Americans when Indian civilization in mentioned: little or nothing.
English is, from my point of view as an Americanist, an ethnicity. And English literature should be studied in Comparative Literature. And…
In the Native American tradition... a man, if he's a mature adult, nurtures life. He does rituals that will help things grow,…
The hoop dancer dances within what encircles him, demonstrating how the people live in motion within the circling spirals of time and…
There are many female gods recognized and honored by the tribes and Nations. Femaleness was highly valued, both respected and feared, and…
For the American Indian, the ability of all creatures to share in the process of ongoing creation makes all things sacred.
The Indians used to be the only inhabitants of the Americas, but times change. Having perceived us as belonging to history, they…
Snowflakes, leaves, humans, plants, raindrops, stars, molecules, microscopic entities all come in communities. The singular cannot in reality exist.

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God bless my father, but he always spoke in this continental, literary accent, probably because he was a professor of comparative literature… — Nicolas Cage
Progress is a comparative of which we have not settled the superlative. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Living, as I do, in an educated and scientific atmosphere, I could not have conceived that the first principles of zoology were… — Arthur Conan Doyle
Injustice in this world is not something comparative; the wrong is deep, clear, and absolute in each private fate. — George Santayana
From a comparative perspective, the United States is unusual if not unique in the lack of restraints on freedom of expression. It… — Noam Chomsky
All stealing is comparative. If you come to absolutes, pray who does not steal. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The growth of our knowledge is the result of a process closely resembling what Darwin called 'natural selection'; that is, the natural… — Karl Popper
I concur with you strictly in your opinion of the comparative merits of atheism and demonism, and really see nothing but the… — Thomas Jefferson
The whole aim of comparative anatomy is to discover what structures are homologous. — Unknown Author
Doubtless many can recall certain books which have greatly influenced their lives, and in my own case one stands out especially-a translation… — Unknown Author
Poverty, therefore, was comparative. One measured it by a sliding scale. One was always poor, in terms of those who were richer. — Margaret Drabble
It is true that many creative people fail to make mature personal relationships, and some are extremely isolated. It is also true… — Anthony Storr

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