Boasting is often carried by certain Americans to the extreme. Often however it is a reaction against slights, an effort to veil d
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It is generally a feminine eye that first detects the moral deficiencies hidden under the "dear deceit" of beauty.
Patriotism is proud of a country's virtues and eager to correct its deficiencies; it also acknowledges the legitimate patriotism o
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The man who does not know other languages, unless he is a man of genius, necessarily has deficiencies in his ideas.
What chiefly distinguishes the daily press of the United States from the press of all other countries is not its lack of truthfuln
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Even a moment's reflection will show that the spoken American language is backed by expressive features lacking in the written lan
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The common reader ... differs from the critic and the scholar. He is worse educated, and nature has not gifted him so generously.
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A little instruction in the elements of chartography--a little practice in the use of the compass and the spirit level, a topograp
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