American Patriotism: and Other Social Studies (Classic Reprint)

Publisher Marketing: Excerpt from American Patriotism: And Other Social Studies When Harvard University had sent me abroad for a year as Exchange Professor to lecture in Berlin on psychology and philosophy, I always felt that I should not be living up to the real meaning of my mission if I did not do my best also to spread on the European continent reasonable ideas about true Americanism. Indeed plenty of absurd ideas prevail there. Hence whenever associations or universities abroad invited me to give general addresses, I laid aside my psychology and philosophy and preached America. I tried to overcome prejudices and to foster healthy sympathy. I spoke of American progress and achievements, of American art and literature, of American education and scholarship, as well as of my favorite topic, the American woman; and whenever a trump was needed, I became enthusiastic over American patriotism. I believe sincerely that no European country knows a patriotism of such fervor and explosiveness. The foreigner who approaches the land gets a foretaste on shipboard. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.