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Editorial
August 31, 1835
The Daily Herald
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut
What is this article about?
Coleridge expresses admiration for the potential destiny of the United States as a vast nation of 100 million freemen from Atlantic to Pacific, living under Alfred's laws and speaking Shakespeare and Milton's language, likening it to magnified Great Britain, while lamenting hostile sneering in some British travel books toward Americans.
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The United States.—The possible destiny of the United States of America, as a nation of a hundred millions of freemen, stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific—living under the laws of Alfred, and speaking the language of Shakspeare and Milton, is an august conception. Why should we not wish to see it realized? America would then be England viewed through a solar microscope? Great Britain in a state of glorious magnification! How deeply to be lamented is the spirit of hostility and sneering which some of the books of travels have shown in treating of the Americans! -[Coleridge.
What sub-type of article is it?
Foreign Affairs
Imperialism
What keywords are associated?
United States Destiny
American Expansion
British Travel Books
Hostility Toward Americans
Coleridge
What entities or persons were involved?
United States Of America
Great Britain
Coleridge
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Possible Destiny Of The United States
Stance / Tone
Admiring And Optimistic, Lamenting British Hostility
Key Figures
United States Of America
Great Britain
Coleridge
Key Arguments
The Us As A Nation Of A Hundred Millions Of Freemen Stretching From Atlantic To Pacific
Living Under Laws Of Alfred And Speaking Language Of Shakespeare And Milton
America As England Magnified Through A Solar Microscope
Lament The Spirit Of Hostility And Sneering In Books Of Travels Toward Americans