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 136
... York City , on the final show- ing . New York's eight millions are by far the largest urban group in which democracy has ever operated . That is why people who want to under- stand democracy should spend less time in the library and ...
... York City , on the final show- ing . New York's eight millions are by far the largest urban group in which democracy has ever operated . That is why people who want to under- stand democracy should spend less time in the library and ...
Page 210
... York's tenements , 1890 Poverty is the strenuous life - without brass bands , or uniforms . WILLIAM JAMES , The Varieties of Religious Experience It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary de- pends upon his ...
... York's tenements , 1890 Poverty is the strenuous life - without brass bands , or uniforms . WILLIAM JAMES , The Varieties of Religious Experience It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary de- pends upon his ...
Page 268
... York's part o ' the innin ' Doyle cracked one and Ike run back a mile and a half and caught it with one hand . We was all sayin ' what a whale of a play it was , but he had to apologize just the same as for gettin ' struck out . " That ...
... York's part o ' the innin ' Doyle cracked one and Ike run back a mile and a half and caught it with one hand . We was all sayin ' what a whale of a play it was , but he had to apologize just the same as for gettin ' struck out . " That ...
Contents
WE LOOK AT OURSELVES AND OUR COUNTRY | 1 |
of Americans | 9 |
a Look at the Country 65 | 65 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The American Treasury, 1455-1955 |
| Editor | Clifton Fadiman |
| Compiled by | Clifton Fadiman |
| Publisher | Harper, 1955 |
| Length | 1108 pages |
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