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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
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NUMBER:
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48 |
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AUTHOR:
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J. Hector St. John Crèvecoeur (1735–1813) |
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QUOTATION:
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What then is the American, this new man? He is either an European, or the descendant of an European, hence that strange mixture of blood, which you will find in no other country. |
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ATTRIBUTION:
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J. HECTOR ST. JOHN CRÈVECOEUR, “What Is an American,” Letters from an American Farmer, p. 54 (1782, reprinted 1925). |
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SUBJECTS:
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America |
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