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CRITICAL AMERICANS This page intentionally left blank ©TheUniversityofNorthCarolinaPress Allrightsreserved ManufacturedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica DesignedbyHeidiPerov SetinBodoniBook,BernhardModern,andBodoniPosterCompressed byTsengInformationSystems,Inc. ThepaperinthisbookmeetstheguidelinesforpermanenceanddurabilityoftheCommittee onProductionGuidelinesforBookLongevityoftheCouncilonLibraryResources. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Butler,Leslie,– CriticalAmericans:Victorianintellectualsandtransatlanticliberalreform/LeslieButler. p.cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ----(cloth:alk.paper)—----(pbk.:alk.paper) .Liberalism—UnitedStates—History—thcentury. .Politicsandculture— UnitedStates—History—thcentury. .Democracy—UnitedStates—History— thcentury. I.Title. .. .'—dc cloth paper ForFrankandMaryButler Parents,teachers,friends This page intentionally left blank A Thingsdoreallygainingreatnessbybeingactedonagreat andcosmopolitanstage,becausethereisinspirationinthethronged audienceandthenearermatchthatputsmenontheirmettle. JamesRussellLowell,‘‘AGreatPublicCharacter,’’ . . . Wehavelivedthroughaperiodoftheworld’shistoryof surpassinginterest&enormouschange.Butwehaveseenonlythe beginningofthemightiestrevolutioninhumanaffairs,andweshall havetoquitthestageintheverymiddleofamostentertainingscene. I,however,shallnotbesorrytogo,thoughmycuriosityasto whatisabouttohappenmayneverbesatisfied. CharlesEliotNortontoGoldwinSmith,August, A This page intentionally left blank Contents Preface.....................................................................................xi Introduction............................................................................... . VictorianDuty,AmericanScholars,andNationalCrisis..................... ManlikeLetHimTurnandFacetheDanger..................................... TheWorld’sEye...theWorld’sHeart .......................................... ToCheer,toRaise,andtoGuideMenbyShowingThemFacts amidstAppearances........................................................ ThisRevolutionIstoBeWroughtbytheGradualDomesticationofthe IdealofCulture ........................................................... .TheWarfortheUnionandtheVindicationofAmericanDemocracy.... UnderstandingThata‘‘DemocracyCanThink’’.................................. EmancipatingthePublicOpinionoftheNorth................................... AStruggleoftheAntidemocratswiththeDemocrats .............................. ConqueringtheOldWorld .................................................... . TheLiberalHighTideandEducativeDemocracy............................. TheTideIsTurninginFavorofLiberalism ...................................... TheTotalOverthrowoftheSpiritofCaste ....................................... ToExerciseTheirMindsontheGreatSocialandPoliticalQuestions ............... ModernRepublicansMustBeReadingRepublicans............................... .LiberalCultureinaGildedAge................................................... SomethingBetterThanRiches...SomethingUtterlyApartfrom ThisWorld’sWealth....................................................... StillColonistsandProvincialsinCulture ...................................... APassionforDiffusing...................................................... ThereIsNoCountryWhereGenuineCriticism...IsMoreNeeded .................
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