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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... nation , so much as a world . HERMAN MELVILLE , Redburn , 1849 Intrepid , unprincipled , reckless , predatory , with ... nation but a teeming nation of nations . Here is action untied from strings necessarily blind to particulars and ...
... nation , so much as a world . HERMAN MELVILLE , Redburn , 1849 Intrepid , unprincipled , reckless , predatory , with ... nation but a teeming nation of nations . Here is action untied from strings necessarily blind to particulars and ...
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... nation is not led by a man who simply repeats the talk of the street - corners or the opinions of the newspapers . A nation is led by a man who hears more than those things ; or who , rather , hearing those things , understands them ...
... nation is not led by a man who simply repeats the talk of the street - corners or the opinions of the newspapers . A nation is led by a man who hears more than those things ; or who , rather , hearing those things , understands them ...
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... nation and nation , the chance to lead our lives on a somewhat higher level , with a broader spirit of brotherly love for one another . Peace is generally good in itself , but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid ...
... nation and nation , the chance to lead our lives on a somewhat higher level , with a broader spirit of brotherly love for one another . Peace is generally good in itself , but it is never the highest good unless it comes as the handmaid ...
Contents
IN GENERAL | 9 |
IN PARTICULAR | 32 |
THINKING CONTINENTALLY | 65 |
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