“It’s a complex fate, being an American, and one of the responsibilities it entails is fighting against a superstitious valuation of Europe.”
Henry James, letter to Charles Eliot Norton, Feb. 4, 1872
Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
“It’s a complex fate, being an American, and one of the responsibilities it entails is fighting against a superstitious valuation of Europe.”
Henry James, letter to Charles Eliot Norton, Feb. 4, 1872
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