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Young America: The Flowering of Democracy in New York City Young America: The Flowering of Democracy in New York City by Edward L. Widmer
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“Beyond that, something in the aggressive American character seemed antithetical to the beaux arts. Tocqueville trenchantly observed a preference for the useful to the beautiful.”
― Edward L. Widmer, Young America: The Flowering of Democracy in New York City
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“Throughout the entire decade, the intellectuals clustered around the Review urged the spread of art, along with literature, to the people.4”
― Edward L. Widmer, Young America: The Flowering of Democracy in New York City
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