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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... Tree of the Great Peace . . . . Roots have spread out from the Tree of the Great Peace . . . and the name of these roots is the Great White Roots of Peace . If any man or any nation outside of the Five Nations shall show a desire to ...
... Tree of the Great Peace . . . . Roots have spread out from the Tree of the Great Peace . . . and the name of these roots is the Great White Roots of Peace . If any man or any nation outside of the Five Nations shall show a desire to ...
Page 455
... tree ; for you have payed me for it a thousand fold . Such an act of heroism in my son is more worth than a thousand trees , though blos- somed with silver , and their fruits of purest gold . " MASON LOCKE WEEMS , The Life of George ...
... tree ; for you have payed me for it a thousand fold . Such an act of heroism in my son is more worth than a thousand trees , though blos- somed with silver , and their fruits of purest gold . " MASON LOCKE WEEMS , The Life of George ...
Page 573
... tree the grave of a soldier ; tired and sick , Till rising and gliding out I wander'd Mortally wounded he and buried on the retreat , ( easily all could I understand , ) off by myself , In the mystical moist night - air , and from time ...
... tree the grave of a soldier ; tired and sick , Till rising and gliding out I wander'd Mortally wounded he and buried on the retreat , ( easily all could I understand , ) off by myself , In the mystical moist night - air , and from time ...
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IN GENERAL | 9 |
IN PARTICULAR | 32 |
THINKING CONTINENTALLY | 65 |
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