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 91
... fact that the most conservative vote is not , contrary to gen- eral opinion , that of the farmers but of businessmen in small towns ; about the crushing social pressure exerted on youngsters by the corner drugstore , and place names ...
... fact that the most conservative vote is not , contrary to gen- eral opinion , that of the farmers but of businessmen in small towns ; about the crushing social pressure exerted on youngsters by the corner drugstore , and place names ...
Page 205
... fact , today we stand indicted before the court of civilization . We are charged openly with being parasites and the mass of evidence against us is so overwhelming that there is no doubt whatever about the verdict of history , if indeed ...
... fact , today we stand indicted before the court of civilization . We are charged openly with being parasites and the mass of evidence against us is so overwhelming that there is no doubt whatever about the verdict of history , if indeed ...
Page 403
... fact ; this tendency cul- minated on the popular level in Gone with the Wind and on the highbrow level in the Nashville cult of agrarianism . But history , a less malleable medium , was constricted by the intractable fact that the war ...
... fact ; this tendency cul- minated on the popular level in Gone with the Wind and on the highbrow level in the Nashville cult of agrarianism . But history , a less malleable medium , was constricted by the intractable fact that the war ...
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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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