Freedom Reminders and Study Guides:
The American Crisis
published: 1779
language: English
wordcount: 78,568 / 226 pg
mnybks.net#: 5422
genre: Politics
The first "Crisis" is of especial historical interest. It was written during the retreat of Washington across the Delaware, and by order of the Commander was read to groups of his dispirited and suffering soldiers. Its opening sentence was adopted as the watchword of the movement on Trenton, a few days after its publication, and is believed to have inspired much of the courage which won that victory, which, though not imposing in extent, was of great moral effect on Washington's little army.
Anthem [another edition]
published: 1938
language: English
wordcount: 21,341 / 64 pg
mnybks.net#: 5831
origin: gutenberg.org
genres: Science Fiction, Post-1930
Excerpt
It is a sin to write this. It is a sin to think words no others think and to put them down upon a paper no others are to see. It is base and evil. It is as if we were speaking alone to no ears but our own. And we know well that there is no transgression blacker than to do or think alone. We have broken the laws. The laws say that men may not write unless the Council of Vocations bid them so. May we be forgiven!
But this is not the only sin upon us. We have committed a greater crime, and for this crime there is no name. What punishment awaits us if it be discovered we know not, for no such crime has come in the memory of men and there are no laws to provide for it.
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