---
title: 'The Spirit of America'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Henry Jackson Van Dyke, Jr.'
date: 1910-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Character and Conduct of Life'
- 'Education'
- 'United States'
scriptures:
- 'Romans 13'
- 'Proverbs 22'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/van-dyke-1910-the-spirit-of-america
---

# The Spirit of America

Van Dyke outlines America's spirit—its character, work, and literature—and urges mutual understanding with France. He argues travel and daily life reveal a nation's soul.

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