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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... HENRY DAVID THOREAU , Civil Disobedience It is not to be forgotten , that while the law holds fast the thief and mur- derer , it lets itself go loose . When I have not paid the tax which the State demanded for that protection which I ...
... HENRY DAVID THOREAU , Civil Disobedience It is not to be forgotten , that while the law holds fast the thief and mur- derer , it lets itself go loose . When I have not paid the tax which the State demanded for that protection which I ...
Page 258
... HENRY DAVID THOREAU , Walden Society is commonly too cheap . We meet at very short intervals , not hav- ing had time to acquire any new value for each other . HENRY DAVID THOREAU , Ibid . It would be better if there were but one ...
... HENRY DAVID THOREAU , Walden Society is commonly too cheap . We meet at very short intervals , not hav- ing had time to acquire any new value for each other . HENRY DAVID THOREAU , Ibid . It would be better if there were but one ...
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... HENRY DAVID THOREAU , Civil Disobedience This government never of itself furthered any enterprise , but by the alacrity with which it got out of its way . It does not keep the country free . It does not settle the West . It does not ...
... HENRY DAVID THOREAU , Civil Disobedience This government never of itself furthered any enterprise , but by the alacrity with which it got out of its way . It does not keep the country free . It does not settle the West . It does not ...
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IN GENERAL | 9 |
IN PARTICULAR | 32 |
THINKING CONTINENTALLY | 65 |
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