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“Beyond that, something in the aggressive American character seemed antithetical to the beaux arts. Tocqueville trenchantly observed a preference for the useful to the beautiful.”
Edward L. Widmer, Young America: The Flowering of Democracy in New York City
“Throughout the entire decade, the intellectuals clustered around the Review urged the spread of art, along with literature, to the people.4”
Edward L. Widmer, Young America: The Flowering of Democracy in New York City

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