Black cover with gold lettering, d.j. hasa tear on fron lower corner and edges are chiped. From the simple, two-paragraph Mayflower Compact drawn up by the Pilgrims in 1620 to th stirring Inaugural Address delivered by President Eisenhower in 1953, "By These Words" presents and interprets the vital writing and speeches which have marked more than three centuries of American thought and progress.

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