<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # America became a new carrier by giving the older... > America became a new carrier by giving the older inheritance a continental scale and a republican form. Rubio described the American frontier as a rebirth of Western ambition rather than a nation without ancestors. That account identifies a proven capacity: America received traditions made elsewhere and turned them into institutions, discovery, and new forms of power. Its bid to guard Athens now rests on what it has already done with inherited material. **Source:** [[articles/America's Neo-Western Renewal from the Acropolis of Athens to Eternity|America's Neo-Western Renewal from the Acropolis of Athens to Eternity]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “America became a new carrier by giving the older inheritance a continental scale and a republican form. Rubio described the American frontier as a rebirth of Western ambition rather than a nation without ancestors. That account identifies a proven capacity: America received traditions made elsewhere and turned them into institutions, discovery, and new forms of power. Its bid to guard Athens now rests on what it has already done with inherited material.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/passages/passages-america-became-new-done-inherited-material ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->