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**American Collective Spirit**
by: Walt Whitman ** || Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it whould be blithe and strong, The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam, The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work, The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat, the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck, The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing as he stands, The woodcutter's song, the ploughboy's on his way in the morning, or at noon intermission or at sundown, The delicious singing of the mother, or of the young wife at work, or of the girl sewing or washing, Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else, The day what belongs to the day--at night the party of young fellows, robust, friendly, Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs.** ||   ||
 * || **I Hear America Singing
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 * **I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,



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= In times of American hardship and despair, Americans use their collective spirit, energy, and enthusiasm in order to create change. = =   = = = ="With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day." = =<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace"><span style="color: rgb(164, 48, 30); font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace">Martin Luther King Jr. [|martin luther king] = =media type="youtube" key="POx4hpuTzXI&hl=en" height="355" width="425" [|Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.] <span style="color: rgb(232, 157, 79)"> <span style="color: rgb(232, 157, 79)">Malcolm X, Malcolm X Speaks, 1965  =

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(27, 34, 28)"> The men who have guided the destiny of the United States have found the strength for their tasks by going to their knees. This private unity of public men and their God is an enduring source of reassurance for the people of America. -Lyndon B. Johnson- media type="youtube" key="jjXyqcx-mYY&hl=en" height="355" width="425"

=<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif"> = =<span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 193); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> = =<span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 193); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> = = <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 193); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, the one will lif' up his fellow, but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, for he hath not another to help him up. = = <span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 193); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">John Steinbeck- Grapes of Wrath = = = = = =<span style="color: rgb(190, 39, 185); font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif">"I'm learin' one thing good...If you're in trouble or hurt or need - go to the poor people. They're the only ones that'll help - the only ones." = =<span style="color: rgb(190, 39, 185); font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif">John Steinbeck- Grapes of Wrath = <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif">



American Collective Spirit

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