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 236
... 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 ...
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... earth by day and of its mass by night . While flying over clouds in daytime , there's something about the motherly warmth of the sun which imparts a feeling of the earth below . You sense it down there underneath , covered only by a ...
... earth by day and of its mass by night . While flying over clouds in daytime , there's something about the motherly warmth of the sun which imparts a feeling of the earth below . You sense it down there underneath , covered only by a ...
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... earth of theirs over and over to the sun , this earth which formed their home and fed their bodies and made their gods . The earth lay rich and dark , and fell apart lightly under the points of their hoes . Sometimes they turned up a ...
... earth of theirs over and over to the sun , this earth which formed their home and fed their bodies and made their gods . The earth lay rich and dark , and fell apart lightly under the points of their hoes . Sometimes they turned up a ...
Contents
of Americans | 9 |
a Look at the Country | 65 |
What We Live By | 113 |
Copyright | |
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