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 323
... experience and in practical knowledge , or endowed with a pro- founder insight into the springs of human action and the intimate essence of government . It is indeed an astounding fact that at one time so many men skilled in statecraft ...
... experience and in practical knowledge , or endowed with a pro- founder insight into the springs of human action and the intimate essence of government . It is indeed an astounding fact that at one time so many men skilled in statecraft ...
Page 717
... experiences that compose it . If we take space - relations , they fail to connect minds into any regular system ... experience and other parts , is the fact that ordinary empiricism over - emphasizes against rationalism , the latter ...
... experiences that compose it . If we take space - relations , they fail to connect minds into any regular system ... experience and other parts , is the fact that ordinary empiricism over - emphasizes against rationalism , the latter ...
Page 771
... experience , and his elders think experience a substitute for intelligence . Ibid . JACOB VINER Men are not narrow in their intellectual interests by nature ; it takes special and vigorous training to accomplish that end . A Modest ...
... experience , and his elders think experience a substitute for intelligence . Ibid . JACOB VINER Men are not narrow in their intellectual interests by nature ; it takes special and vigorous training to accomplish that end . A Modest ...
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WE LOOK AT OURSELVES AND OUR COUNTRY | 1 |
of Americans | 9 |
a Look at the Country | 65 |
Copyright | |
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