The American Treasury, 1455-1955Clifton Fadiman Harper, 1955 - 1108 pages Anthology of quotations by Americans, or about America, classified by subject. |
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... Mencken Chrestomathy and In Defense of Women by H. L. Mencken; The Critic and the Drama, The World in Falseface and Materia Critica by George Jean Nathan; lines from The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens; lines from The So-Called Human ...
... Mencken Chrestomathy and In Defense of Women by H. L. Mencken; The Critic and the Drama, The World in Falseface and Materia Critica by George Jean Nathan; lines from The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens; lines from The So-Called Human ...
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... H. L. MENCKEN The first Rotarian was the first man to call John the Baptist Jack . H. L. MENCKEN Q. If you find so much that is unworthy of reverence in the United States , then why do you live here ? A. Why do men go to zoos ? H. L. ...
... H. L. MENCKEN The first Rotarian was the first man to call John the Baptist Jack . H. L. MENCKEN Q. If you find so much that is unworthy of reverence in the United States , then why do you live here ? A. Why do men go to zoos ? H. L. ...
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... H. L. MENCKEN In the United States , doing good has come to be , like patriotism , a favorite device of persons with something to sell . H. L. MENCKEN Were I to have a vision of a full - fledged American it would be something like this ...
... H. L. MENCKEN In the United States , doing good has come to be , like patriotism , a favorite device of persons with something to sell . H. L. MENCKEN Were I to have a vision of a full - fledged American it would be something like this ...
Contents
IN GENERAL | 9 |
IN PARTICULAR | 32 |
THINKING CONTINENTALLY | 65 |
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