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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... faces , icy cold , and urged with such demoniac vehemence that it felt like a storm of needles . It was curious to see ... face blood - red , and the muscles of his mouth contracted by the cold into a most ludicrous grin of agony . He ...
... faces , icy cold , and urged with such demoniac vehemence that it felt like a storm of needles . It was curious to see ... face blood - red , and the muscles of his mouth contracted by the cold into a most ludicrous grin of agony . He ...
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... faces of men and women I see God , and in my own face in the glass , I find letters from God dropped in the street — and every one is signed by God's name , And I leave them where they are , for I know that wheresoe'er I go , Others ...
... faces of men and women I see God , and in my own face in the glass , I find letters from God dropped in the street — and every one is signed by God's name , And I leave them where they are , for I know that wheresoe'er I go , Others ...
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... face god with golden ear- rings . " Manufactured Gods " I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth and never cherishes any mem- ory except the face of the woman on the Amer- ican silver dollar . " To a ...
... face god with golden ear- rings . " Manufactured Gods " I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth and never cherishes any mem- ory except the face of the woman on the Amer- ican silver dollar . " To a ...
Contents
WE LOOK AT OURSELVES AND OUR COUNTRY | 1 |
IN PARTICULAR | 32 |
THINKING CONTINENTALLY | 65 |
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