FEINBERG/WHITMAN          LITERARY FILE         Prose  "Spirit of the Republic"  (undated).       A.MS. draft
Box 36    Folder 55Spirit of the Republic: prose notes. A.MS. (1p. 21 x
18 1/2 cm.)

Written in pencil on a sheet cheap paper (once white), about
140 words:

     [Aserbed i]In the [general] blood, the spirit, the [inmost] emotions 
and convictions [is there] of this [United] Republic, are [there]
[to be per stand starting points and central standards] models [and]
beliefs foreign to our policy, scornful of it and [of the] most utterly, 
most eloquently denying republicanism, to be absorbed by
our many women and children, wholesale, and perpetually?
     [For the true The last] Humanity's [real] progressive revolutions
digests------ & broader scale [are] being not of politics [are government,
of] but as just said of the [arts], literature, and [to a]
(vastest and most permeating of all) manners [and] socilogy and religious 
beliefs.--In these, when is the [New World] Western Hemisphere 
to be independent of [Europe] the East in these, as it is in
[political] singly dynastic rule?  When is it going under the eternal 
standards of Nature,[A??ed] [in] [o?] The [General] blood. The spirit
the [inmost] emotions and [comr?tions]
[[?]] of this [United] Republic are
[there to be] [[?e?]] s[[?]] s[tarting. points] and
cen[tral] s[tandard] models [and beliefs] (foreign to our [Hol??? soo????? of it a?]) [of the]
most utterly most eloquently [?] republican
ism to be absorbed by our many [?] and children. wholesale, and [per????]?
[x]
[The last] Humanitys [real] of
[For the time] + progressive revolutions [?] [[?]] [?]
[are] [b?I?] not of politics [are government]
[of] but as just said of the [arts], literature, and
[[?]] [so] (vastest and most..permeating of all)
manners [and] sociology and : religious belief. — In these.
when is the [New World] [W???e?? Hem????] to be
independent of [Europe] the East in these, as it is
[political] kingly dynastic rule?  When is it going
under the eternal standards of Nature.