The Epic of AmericaLittle, Brown,, 1959 - 405 pages |
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Page 51
... natural resources ( except fish in the sea ) , no iron ore for manufacturing , no labor , free or slave , to be exploited . There was only one way out . One penny would some- how have to be made to do the work of three , and every ...
... natural resources ( except fish in the sea ) , no iron ore for manufacturing , no labor , free or slave , to be exploited . There was only one way out . One penny would some- how have to be made to do the work of three , and every ...
Page 252
... natural rights " when we were coercing with fire , sword , and bullets a full quarter of our white citizens to live under a government which they had decided was destructive of their rights ? There might have been some offset had we ...
... natural rights " when we were coercing with fire , sword , and bullets a full quarter of our white citizens to live under a government which they had decided was destructive of their rights ? There might have been some offset had we ...
Page 342
... naturally more allied in sympathy to Germany than to England . As the war got under way we were deluged with propaganda , much of which was designed to appeal to the base emotions rather than the intellect , and much of which has ...
... naturally more allied in sympathy to Germany than to England . As the war got under way we were deluged with propaganda , much of which was designed to appeal to the base emotions rather than the intellect , and much of which has ...
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