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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Clifton Fadiman. When one who died for truth was lain May know what sweet , majestic face JOHN BURROUGHS In sorrow he learned this truth- One may. We passed the fields of gazing grain , We passed the setting sun . We paused before a house ...
Clifton Fadiman. When one who died for truth was lain May know what sweet , majestic face JOHN BURROUGHS In sorrow he learned this truth- One may. We passed the fields of gazing grain , We passed the setting sun . We paused before a house ...
Page 759
... truth represents some man's bitter toil and agony ; for every ponderable chunk of it there is a brave truth - seeker's grave upon some lonely ash - heap and a soul roasting in hell . Prejudices : First Series , 1919 The capacity for ...
... truth represents some man's bitter toil and agony ; for every ponderable chunk of it there is a brave truth - seeker's grave upon some lonely ash - heap and a soul roasting in hell . Prejudices : First Series , 1919 The capacity for ...
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... truth is a reference to either a present or an imagined future majority in favor of our view . If , as I have suggested elsewhere , the truth may be defined as the system of my ( intellectual ) limitations , which gives it objectivity ...
... truth is a reference to either a present or an imagined future majority in favor of our view . If , as I have suggested elsewhere , the truth may be defined as the system of my ( intellectual ) limitations , which gives it objectivity ...
Contents
of Americans | 9 |
a Look at the Country | 65 |
What We Live By | 113 |
Copyright | |
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