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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... earth . . . and the ambitions they had . . . and the pleasures they had . . . and the things they suffered . . . and the people they loved . They get weaned away from earth - that's the way I put it , weaned away . Yes , they stay here ...
... earth . . . and the ambitions they had . . . and the pleasures they had . . . and the things they suffered . . . and the people they loved . They get weaned away from earth - that's the way I put it , weaned away . Yes , they stay here ...
Page 550
... earth; Pleiades ! Lo! They ascending, come to guide us, Leading us safely, keeping us one; Pleiades, Teach us to be, like you, united. "Song to the Pleiades," Pawnee, translated by Alice C. Fletcher, The Hako Crow Indian, You must watch ...
... earth; Pleiades ! Lo! They ascending, come to guide us, Leading us safely, keeping us one; Pleiades, Teach us to be, like you, united. "Song to the Pleiades," Pawnee, translated by Alice C. Fletcher, The Hako Crow Indian, You must watch ...
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... earth and with man — it is his sun that is shining , his clouds that are floating past ; at night , space is his no more . When the great earth , abandoning day , rolls up the deeps of the heavens and the universe , a new door opens for ...
... earth and with man — it is his sun that is shining , his clouds that are floating past ; at night , space is his no more . When the great earth , abandoning day , rolls up the deeps of the heavens and the universe , a new door opens for ...
Contents
IN GENERAL | 9 |
IN PARTICULAR | 32 |
THINKING CONTINENTALLY | 65 |
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