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The North has one theory, the South another; which of them is to be called the American idea?
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Henry Ward Beecher
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gutenberg.orgHenry Ward Beecher: “The North has one theory, the South another; which of them is to be called the American idea?”
Editor's note · Context
Beecher contrasts the differing theories of the North and South regarding American identity.
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