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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... leave , not knowing when , or whether ever , I may return , with a task before me greater than that which rested ... leaving Springfield , Feb- ruary 11 , 1861 If you are as happy , my dear sir , on entering this house as I am in leaving ...
... leave , not knowing when , or whether ever , I may return , with a task before me greater than that which rested ... leaving Springfield , Feb- ruary 11 , 1861 If you are as happy , my dear sir , on entering this house as I am in leaving ...
Page 362
... leave , and can leave , nothing behind them .... Nations that expand and nations that do not expand may both ultimately go down , but the one leaves heirs and a glorious memory , and the other leaves neither . THEODORE ROOSEVELT , The ...
... leave , and can leave , nothing behind them .... Nations that expand and nations that do not expand may both ultimately go down , but the one leaves heirs and a glorious memory , and the other leaves neither . THEODORE ROOSEVELT , The ...
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... leaves of the trees . The trunks of the trees too were dusty and the leaves fell early that year and we saw the troops marching along the road and the dust rising and the leaves , stirred by the breeze , falling and the soldiers ...
... leaves of the trees . The trunks of the trees too were dusty and the leaves fell early that year and we saw the troops marching along the road and the dust rising and the leaves , stirred by the breeze , falling and the soldiers ...
Contents
WE LOOK AT OURSELVES AND OUR COUNTRY | 1 |
IN PARTICULAR | 32 |
THINKING CONTINENTALLY | 65 |
Copyright | |
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