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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... believe that Jonah swallowed the whale ? A. If the Bible said so . WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN , cross examination by Clarence Darrow , at the Scopes Trial in Dayton , Tennessee , 1925 One miracle is just as easy to believe as another ...
... believe that Jonah swallowed the whale ? A. If the Bible said so . WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN , cross examination by Clarence Darrow , at the Scopes Trial in Dayton , Tennessee , 1925 One miracle is just as easy to believe as another ...
Page 387
... believe it helps to save the Union ; and what I forbear , I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union . I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause , and I shall do more whenever I shall ...
... believe it helps to save the Union ; and what I forbear , I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union . I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause , and I shall do more whenever I shall ...
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... Believe ( Buck ) , 952 This I Believe ( Davis ) , 795 This I Believe ( Hillyer ) , 851 This I Believe ( Cousins ) , 892 This I Believe ( Robinson ) , 270 This Is My Story , 697-698 This Is Show Business , 893 " This Quiet Dust , " 580 ...
... Believe ( Buck ) , 952 This I Believe ( Davis ) , 795 This I Believe ( Hillyer ) , 851 This I Believe ( Cousins ) , 892 This I Believe ( Robinson ) , 270 This Is My Story , 697-698 This Is Show Business , 893 " This Quiet Dust , " 580 ...
Contents
WE LOOK AT OURSELVES AND OUR countrY | 1 |
of Americans | 9 |
a Look at the Country | 65 |
Copyright | |
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