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CONTENTS
Preface
Introduction
Ready-made opinions in American culture
PART ONE: THE WORDS
1. Do Unto Others
Words of Respect: The Evolution of the Golden Rule
2. We Hold These Truths
Words of Belief and Conviction: Creeds and Other Professions of Faith
3. So Help Me God
Words of Obedience: Loyalty Oaths and Pledges of Allegiance
4. 'Til Death Do Us Part
Words of Consent: Oaths of Citizenship, Rites of Secret Initiation, Temperance Pledges, and Wedding Vows
5. On My Honor I Will Do My Best
Words of Good Intent: Codes of Ethics and Conduct
6. To Thine Own Self Be True
Words of Experience: The Secrets of Success, Advice from Parents, and the Gospel According to Murphy, Parkinson, and Others
7. Semper Fi
Fighting Words: Mottoes, Maxims, and Slogans
8. In God We Trust
Words of Common Currency: The National Mottoes
9. Neither Snow Nor Rain Nor Heat Nor Gloom of Night
Words Set in Stone: Architectural Inscriptions of the American Renaissance
PART TWO: THE TEXTS
Golden Rules
Creeds
Oaths, Vows, and Pledges
Codes of Ethics and Conduct
Advice and Rules of Life
Mottoes, Maxims, and Slogans
Inscriptions
Sources, Notes, and Comments
Acknowledgments
Index
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