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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... President . HENRY CLAY , speech , 1850. John C. Calhoun , who had been Vice - President in 1824 , added , " I guess it's all right to be half right - and Vice President . " Nobody has ever expected me to be president . In my poor , lean ...
... President . HENRY CLAY , speech , 1850. John C. Calhoun , who had been Vice - President in 1824 , added , " I guess it's all right to be half right - and Vice President . " Nobody has ever expected me to be president . In my poor , lean ...
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... President of the United States . It was the culmination of the lifelong desire of a father for the success of his son . He placed in my hands an official report and told me that President Harding had just passed away . CALVIN COOLIDGE ...
... President of the United States . It was the culmination of the lifelong desire of a father for the success of his son . He placed in my hands an official report and told me that President Harding had just passed away . CALVIN COOLIDGE ...
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... President , had been shot , and said Secretary Seward and his son , Assistant Secretary Frederick Sew- ard , were assassinated . James was much alarmed and excited . I told him his story was very incoherent and improbable , that he was ...
... President , had been shot , and said Secretary Seward and his son , Assistant Secretary Frederick Sew- ard , were assassinated . James was much alarmed and excited . I told him his story was very incoherent and improbable , that he was ...
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IN PARTICULAR | 32 |
THINKING CONTINENTALLY | 65 |
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