To Watch An American On A Beach, Or Crowding Into A Subway, Or Buying A Theatre Ticket, Or Sitting At Home With His Radio On, Tells You Something About One Aspect Of The American Character: The Capacity To Withstand A Great Deal Of Outside Interference, So To Speak; A Willing Acceptance Of Frenzy Which, Though It's Never Self-conscious, Amounts To A Willingness To Let Other People Have And Assert Their Own Lively, And Even Offensive, Character. They Are A Tough Race In This.
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To Watch An American On A Beach,
Alistair Cooke
To Watch An American On A Beach, Or Crowding Into A Subway, Or Buying A Theatre Ticket, Or Sitting At Home With His Radio On, Tells You Something About One Aspect Of The American Character: The Capacity To Withstand A Great Deal Of Outside Interference, So To Speak; A Willing Acceptance Of Frenzy Which, Though It's Never Self-conscious, Amounts To A Willingness To Let Other People Have And Assert Their Own Lively, And Even Offensive, Character. They Are A Tough Race In This.
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