From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 85
Page 4
We live by reli- gion ( and certain of our creeds are preponderantly American , such as Christian Science , Mormonism , Puritanism ) . We are not a literary people , but one book , though decreasingly , is bone of our bone - the Bible .
We live by reli- gion ( and certain of our creeds are preponderantly American , such as Christian Science , Mormonism , Puritanism ) . We are not a literary people , but one book , though decreasingly , is bone of our bone - the Bible .
Page 137
His minimum animal needs must be met if he is to live at all , but he cannot live a human life unless he has the chance to fulfill the immense want of his rational and spiritual nature . This is what Plato meant when he said ...
His minimum animal needs must be met if he is to live at all , but he cannot live a human life unless he has the chance to fulfill the immense want of his rational and spiritual nature . This is what Plato meant when he said ...
Page 209
It is not enough if they are to live as he would be glad to have them live . It is not enough to enable them to live as perhaps they would have a right to live in prosper- ous times . But is not a dollar a day enough to buy bread with ?
It is not enough if they are to live as he would be glad to have them live . It is not enough to enable them to live as perhaps they would have a right to live in prosper- ous times . But is not a dollar a day enough to buy bread with ?
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Contents
WE LOOK AT OURSELVES AND OUR COUNTRY | 1 |
of Americans | 9 |
a Look at the Country 65 | 65 |
Copyright | |
39 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
American ANON asked beautiful become believe body called civilization comes common Constitution dead death earth equal experience eyes face fact father fear feel force freedom GEORGE give ground hand head hear heart HENRY hope human Ibid idea interest JAMES JOHN keep kind land leave less letter liberty light LINCOLN lines live look March Mark matter means mind nature never night once passed peace person play political race reason seemed sense side society soul speak speech spirit stand talk tell things thought tion tree true truth turn United universe whole write York young
Bibliographic information
| Title | The American Treasury, 1455-1955 |
| Editor | Clifton Fadiman |
| Compiled by | Clifton Fadiman |
| Publisher | Harper, 1955 |
| Length | 1108 pages |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |