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 712
... universe by success , it is no better than a game of private theatricals from which one may withdraw at will . But it feels like a real fight , as if there were something really wild in the universe which we , with all our idealities ...
... universe by success , it is no better than a game of private theatricals from which one may withdraw at will . But it feels like a real fight , as if there were something really wild in the universe which we , with all our idealities ...
Page 717
... universe of absolute idealism to an aquarium , a crystal globe in which goldfish are swimming , you would have to compare the empiricist universe to something more like one of those dried human heads with which the Dyaks of Borneo deck ...
... universe of absolute idealism to an aquarium , a crystal globe in which goldfish are swimming , you would have to compare the empiricist universe to something more like one of those dried human heads with which the Dyaks of Borneo deck ...
Page 947
... Universe through a half - eaten apple . Cream of the Jest , 1917 Indeed , when I consider the race to which I have the honor to belong , I am filled with respectful wonder . . . . All about it flows and gyrates unceasingly the material ...
... Universe through a half - eaten apple . Cream of the Jest , 1917 Indeed , when I consider the race to which I have the honor to belong , I am filled with respectful wonder . . . . All about it flows and gyrates unceasingly the material ...
Contents
WE LOOK AT OURSELVES AND OUR COUNTRY | 1 |
of Americans | 9 |
a Look at the Country 65 | 65 |
Copyright | |
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