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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=556028" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>History of the Unites States: Preface</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">As things now stand<br>the criticism advanced<br>no teacher of history will deny this<br>we have omitted<br>all descriptions of battles<br>the time-honored stories of exploration<br>and the biographies of heroes are left out</div><div style="margin:10px 0">First, there is the primary book<br>civil war</div><div style="margin:10px 0">No youth called upon to serve</div><div style="margin:10px 0">so useful<br>in arousing<br>the interest of the immature<br>upon negative features<br>upon constructive features<br>this condition of affairs<br>time-honored stories</div><div style="margin:10px 0">the addition of forty or fifty thousand words</div><div style="margin:10px 0">the historians assume</div><div style="margin:10px 0">more facts, more dates, more words</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In this condition of affairs<br>our first contribution is one of omission</div><div style="margin:10px 0">pupils know little or nothing<br>about Columbus<br>Cortes, Magellan, or<br>Captain John Smith</div><div style="margin:10px 0">it is useless to tell the same stories<br>It is worse than useless<br>it is an offense against<br>those subjects<br>that are demonstrated to be<br>progressive<br>in character</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In the field of military<br>teachers of history are mere novices</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The dramatic scene<br>seems out of place<br>on the very threshold<br>of life's<br>serious responsibilities</div><div style="margin:10px 0">we find our justification<br>in American history</div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0">©MMVIII Derek R. Audette</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Derek+R.+Audette">Derek R. Audette</a><div class=q>
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