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... ment and his pacifist persuasion . Probably the best of these twelve poems is " Our Mother Po- cahontas . " From her grave in England , Poca- hontas returns to America to remind us that our roots are native and honorable , and that we ...
... ment and his pacifist persuasion . Probably the best of these twelve poems is " Our Mother Po- cahontas . " From her grave in England , Poca- hontas returns to America to remind us that our roots are native and honorable , and that we ...
Page 399
... ment by Spokane was symptomatic of the grad- ual deterioration of his physical and mental health . This became apparent with his break- down in 1923 , and was diagnosed the following year at the Mayo Clinic as epilepsy , or , as he told ...
... ment by Spokane was symptomatic of the grad- ual deterioration of his physical and mental health . This became apparent with his break- down in 1923 , and was diagnosed the following year at the Mayo Clinic as epilepsy , or , as he told ...
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... ment denunciation of the rich reflects his close association with poverty before he came to America , when life seemed to promise little . He made out of this anger a literary style - not , like Swift , by transforming anger into ...
... ment denunciation of the rich reflects his close association with poverty before he came to America , when life seemed to promise little . He made out of this anger a literary style - not , like Swift , by transforming anger into ...
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