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Think of the America of President Coleridge’s speeches, and the America as bitterly described by Mr Sinclair Lewis.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “Think of the America of President Coleridge’s speeches, and the America as bitterly described by Mr Sinclair Lewis.”
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Laski compares two contrasting depictions of America through different authors.
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