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 557
... heart , and Shake- speare's strain . " The Informing Spirit " This losing is true dying , This is lordly man's down - lying , This is slow but sure declining , Star by star his world resigning . It is time to be old , To take in sail ...
... heart , and Shake- speare's strain . " The Informing Spirit " This losing is true dying , This is lordly man's down - lying , This is slow but sure declining , Star by star his world resigning . It is time to be old , To take in sail ...
Page 607
... heart is warm with the friends I make , And better friends I'll not be knowing ; Yet there isn't a train I wouldn't take No matter where it's going . " Travel " Euclid alone Has looked on Beauty bare . Fortunate they hearth , — But my ...
... heart is warm with the friends I make , And better friends I'll not be knowing ; Yet there isn't a train I wouldn't take No matter where it's going . " Travel " Euclid alone Has looked on Beauty bare . Fortunate they hearth , — But my ...
Page 856
... heart is true for all men that is genius . you in your Ibid . , " Self - Reliance " Trust thyself : every heart vibrates to that iron string . Accept the place the divine providence has found for you , the society of your contempo ...
... heart is true for all men that is genius . you in your Ibid . , " Self - Reliance " Trust thyself : every heart vibrates to that iron string . Accept the place the divine providence has found for you , the society of your contempo ...
Contents
WE LOOK AT OURSELVES AND OUR COUNTRY | 1 |
of Americans | 9 |
a Look at the Country | 65 |
Copyright | |
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