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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... civilization , the first permanent civilization in America . BERNARD DEVOTO , New Engand : There She Stands SOUTHERNERS The Southern States are an aggregate , in fact , of communities , not of individuals . Every plantation is a little ...
... civilization , the first permanent civilization in America . BERNARD DEVOTO , New Engand : There She Stands SOUTHERNERS The Southern States are an aggregate , in fact , of communities , not of individuals . Every plantation is a little ...
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... civilization of the South , after two hundred years of experience . A white community , that had gradually risen from small beginnings , till it grew into wealth , culture , and refinement , and became accomplished in all the arts of ...
... civilization of the South , after two hundred years of experience . A white community , that had gradually risen from small beginnings , till it grew into wealth , culture , and refinement , and became accomplished in all the arts of ...
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... civilization is little else than getting something for nothing . The Mind in the Making , 1921 We find it hard to believe that other people's thoughts are as silly as our own , but they probably are . Ibid . The truest and most profound ...
... civilization is little else than getting something for nothing . The Mind in the Making , 1921 We find it hard to believe that other people's thoughts are as silly as our own , but they probably are . Ibid . The truest and most profound ...
Contents
IN GENERAL | 9 |
IN PARTICULAR | 32 |
THINKING CONTINENTALLY | 65 |
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