Please click on the links below to find the readings.

February 12:  John Winthrop, "A Modell of Christian Charity" (1630).

February 28:  Andrew Jackson, Veto message concerning the National Bank (1832).

March 30:  Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Self-Reliance" (1841).

April 2:  (1) William Lloyd Garrison, "To the Public" (1831); and (2) Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin, chapter 9 and chapter 17.

April 11:  Abraham Lincoln, Speeches before (1) The Young Men's Lyceum (1838), and (2) The Wisconsin State Agricultural Society (1859).

April 25:  (1) Harvey Mansfield, "Is Manliness Optional?" and (2) Caitlin Flanagan interview.

April 30:  (1) Thomas Carlyle, "The Present Time" (1850) and (2) Matthew Arnold, "Civilization in the United States" (1888).

May 2:  (1) Osama Bin Laden, "Letter to America" and (2) Hugo Chavez, Address to the United Nations.