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 138
... tion , and , therefore , I am deeply opposed to them . . . It is very easy simply to say that one is not a Communist . And , of course , if despite my record it is necessary for me to state this very affirma- tively , then it is a great ...
... tion , and , therefore , I am deeply opposed to them . . . It is very easy simply to say that one is not a Communist . And , of course , if despite my record it is necessary for me to state this very affirma- tively , then it is a great ...
Page 323
... tion among a population numbering about four million whites . It is not less a cause for admiration that their instrument of government should have survived the trials and crises of a century that saw the wreck of more than a score of ...
... tion among a population numbering about four million whites . It is not less a cause for admiration that their instrument of government should have survived the trials and crises of a century that saw the wreck of more than a score of ...
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... tion , from a fixed point . Psychology helped here by suggesting a unit- the point of history when man held the highest idea of himself in a unified universe . Eight or ten years of study had led Adams to think he might use the century ...
... tion , from a fixed point . Psychology helped here by suggesting a unit- the point of history when man held the highest idea of himself in a unified universe . Eight or ten years of study had led Adams to think he might use the century ...
Contents
WE LOOK AT OURSELVES AND OUR COUNTRY | 1 |
of Americans | 9 |
a Look at the Country | 65 |
Copyright | |
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