“As the Puritans came to America, certain changes were inevitable. It was not possible to build a new ‘nation’ without building a new national identity as well . . . The character exhibitied by intrepid explorers and hardy settlers is a type of character that cannot be content with mere duplication of old forms in a new setting. The old forms were brought over, to be sure, but when they were planted here, the new soil affected them drastically, and a breach with the older culture was inevitable” (Beyond Stateliest Marble, p. 21).
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