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Old 01-10-2006, 03:31 PM   #26 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Rodney
Okay, I had to research it. Term was coined by a guy named James Truslow Adams in 1931 in a book called "The Epic of America." If you really want to know what he meant....

http://courses.lib.odu.edu/engl/jhrichar/as300.html
thanks! I didn't read this before and it's quite interesting to read.
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