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 162
... thought is a basic human right , from which flow freedom of religion , freedom of the press , and freedom of assembly and association . But freedom of thought is a sterile and meaningless right , unless we are free to discuss , to ...
... thought is a basic human right , from which flow freedom of religion , freedom of the press , and freedom of assembly and association . But freedom of thought is a sterile and meaningless right , unless we are free to discuss , to ...
Page 331
... thought of the many sacri- fices he had made to place me where I was , the twenty - five mile drives in storms and zero weather over our mountain roads to carry me to the academy , and all the tenderness and care he had lavished upon me ...
... thought of the many sacri- fices he had made to place me where I was , the twenty - five mile drives in storms and zero weather over our mountain roads to carry me to the academy , and all the tenderness and care he had lavished upon me ...
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... thought and more than thought inside of it . . . . I think it not improbable that man , like the grub that prepares a chamber for the winged thing it has never seen but is to be , that man may have cosmic destinies that he does not ...
... thought and more than thought inside of it . . . . I think it not improbable that man , like the grub that prepares a chamber for the winged thing it has never seen but is to be , that man may have cosmic destinies that he does not ...
Contents
of Americans | 9 |
a Look at the Country | 65 |
What We Live By | 113 |
Copyright | |
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