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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Page 134
... democracy , and has brought it into sharp con- trasts with the democracies of history , and with those modern efforts of Europe to create an artificial democratic order by legislation . The prob- lem of the United States is not to ...
... democracy , and has brought it into sharp con- trasts with the democracies of history , and with those modern efforts of Europe to create an artificial democratic order by legislation . The prob- lem of the United States is not to ...
Page 136
... democracy is to know then what it knows now . E. B. WHITE , One Man's Meat , " Compost " We received a letter from the Writers ' War Board the other day asking for a statement on " The Meaning of Democracy . " It presumably is our duty ...
... democracy is to know then what it knows now . E. B. WHITE , One Man's Meat , " Compost " We received a letter from the Writers ' War Board the other day asking for a statement on " The Meaning of Democracy . " It presumably is our duty ...
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... Democracy ( Adams ) , 133 Democracy ( Fosdick ) , 134 Democracy and Addresses , 904 Democracy and Education , 720 Democracy and Human Nature , 136- 137 Democracy and Leadership , 335-336 , 759 Democracy in America , 516-518 Democratic ...
... Democracy ( Adams ) , 133 Democracy ( Fosdick ) , 134 Democracy and Addresses , 904 Democracy and Education , 720 Democracy and Human Nature , 136- 137 Democracy and Leadership , 335-336 , 759 Democracy in America , 516-518 Democratic ...
Contents
IN GENERAL | 9 |
IN PARTICULAR | 32 |
THINKING CONTINENTALLY | 65 |
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