Senator Everett Dirksen, in this 1968 interview describes a "whispering echo<span>" which enables a careful listener to pick up conversations on another side of the </span>hall<span>. I'm pretty sure!</span>
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Nationalism as we historically know it arose not in America but in Europe. Our independence movement was a revolt of the people over the type of government that we had under the British. The founders at first thought of themselves as Englishmen, who were being denied their rights by Parliament and by the crown. Yes, Americans certainly had an identity, but it was not based on ethnicity, language, or even religion alone. It had already developed a very distinct understanding of self-government, and that was the key to the Revolution.
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