Archive for Mario A. Pei
The America We Lost
Mario Pei, now deceased, was Professor of Romance Philology at Columbia University. This essay appeared in the Saturday Evening Post of May 31, 1952, and was republished by the Foundation later that year. When I first came to America in 1908, I learned a new meaning of the word “liberty”—freedom from government. I did not [...]
1Mar1996 | Mario A. Pei | 2 comments | ContinuedThe America We Lost
Pardon the repetition, but it is important to look back now and then at ideals we may be losing.
1May1964 | Mario A. Pei | 0 comments | Continued-
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