#AmericanHistory textbooks are funny so I’m here to post some high quality quotes. Pfp: dem spheres of influence fr Source of quotes: The American Pageant
“Even the churches were affected. The Funda- mentalist champions of the old-time religion lost ground to the Modernists, who liked to think that God was a “good guy” and the universe a pretty chummy place.”
“Thomas Eakins (1844-1896) attained a high degree of realism in his paintings, a quality not appreciated by portait sitters who wanted their moles overlooked”