The American mood, perhaps even the American character, has changed. There are few manifestations any longer of the old American self-assurance which so irritated Dickens. Instead, there is a sense of frustration so perceptible that even our politicians have attempted to exploit it.


Riders on the Earth: essays and recollections (ed. 1978)

Archibald MacLeish Quotes

The American mood, perhaps even the American character, has changed. There are few manifestations any longer of the old American self-assurance which ...

The American mood, perhaps even the American character, has changed. There are few manifestations any longer of the old American self-assurance which ...

The American mood, perhaps even the American character, has changed. There are few manifestations any longer of the old American self-assurance which ...

The American mood, perhaps even the American character, has changed. There are few manifestations any longer of the old American self-assurance which ...