Excerpt from Misinforming a Nation Even our educational Institutions disseminate the English superstition and neglect the great men of America; for nowhere in the United States will you find the Spll'lt of narrow snobbery so highly developed as in our colleges and universi ties. Recently an inferior British poet came here, and, for no other reason apparently save that he was English, he was made a professor in one of our large universities! Certainly his talents did not warrant this appointment, for there are at least a ...
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Excerpt from Misinforming a Nation Even our educational Institutions disseminate the English superstition and neglect the great men of America; for nowhere in the United States will you find the Spll'lt of narrow snobbery so highly developed as in our colleges and universi ties. Recently an inferior British poet came here, and, for no other reason apparently save that he was English, he was made a professor in one of our large universities! Certainly his talents did not warrant this appointment, for there are at least a score of American poets who are undeniably superior to this young Englishman. Nor has he shown any evidences of scholarship which would justify the honor paid him. But an Englishman, if he'seek favors, needs little more than proof of his nationality, whereas an American must give evidence of his worth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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