... in 1950 a very large slice of the white South stood at the crossroads in its attitude toward its colored citizens and [was] ps...ychologically capable of turning either way.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The Caracal lies on a shelf in its den in the Zoological Gardens quietly licking its fur. I go up and stand near it. It makes a fa...ce at me. I come a little nearer, it makes a worse face and raises itself up on its haunches. I stand and look. It jumps down from its shelf and makes as if it intended "going for" me. I move back; the Caracal has exerted a moral influence over me which I have been unable to resist. Moral influence means persuading another that one can make that other more uncomfortable than that other can make oneself.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I hate to be near the sea, and to hear it roaring and raging like a wild beast in its den. It puts me in mind of the everlasting e...fforts of the human mind, struggling to be free, and ending just where it began.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The average Kentuckian may appear a bit confused in his knowledge of history, but he is firmly certain about current politics. Ken...tucky cannot claim first place in political importance, but it tops the list in its keen enjoyment of politics for its own sake. It takes the average Kentuckian only a matter of moments to dispose of the weather and personal helath, but he never tires of a political discussion.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Now could I, Casca, name to thee a man Most like this dreadful night,... That thunders, lightens, opens graves, and roars As doth the lion in the Capitol-- A man no mightier than thyself or me In personal action, yet prodigious grown And fearful, as these strange eruptions are.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Already these brilliant trees throughout the street, without any more variety, are at least equal to an annual festival and holida...y, or a week of such. These are cheap and innocent gala- days, celebrated by one and all without the aid of committees or marshals, such a show as may safely be licensed, not attracting gamblers or rum-sellers, not requiring any special police to keep the peace. And poor indeed must be that New England village's October which has not the maple in its streets. This October festival costs no powder, nor ringing of bells, but every tree is a living liberty-pole on which a thousand bright flags are waving.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
We were uncertain whether the water floated the land, or the land held the water in its bosom. It was such a season, in short, as ...that in which one of our Concord poets sailed on its stream, and sung its quiet glories.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »