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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... live by our democratic faith and we live also by attacking that faith ( see Some Views Askance ) as if to test its strength . We live by a special con- ception of liberty , and lately we have begun to ask ourselves uneasily whether ...
... live by our democratic faith and we live also by attacking that faith ( see Some Views Askance ) as if to test its strength . We live by a special con- ception of liberty , and lately we have begun to ask ourselves uneasily whether ...
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... live at all , but he cannot live a human life unless he has the chance to fulfill the immense want of his rational and spiritual nature . This is what Plato meant when he said , " We differ from most people in not regarding mere safety ...
... live at all , but he cannot live a human life unless he has the chance to fulfill the immense want of his rational and spiritual nature . This is what Plato meant when he said , " We differ from most people in not regarding mere safety ...
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... live as he would be glad to have them live . It is not enough to enable them to live as perhaps they would have a right to live in prosper- ous times . But is not a dollar a day enough to buy bread with ? Water costs nothing ; and a man ...
... live as he would be glad to have them live . It is not enough to enable them to live as perhaps they would have a right to live in prosper- ous times . But is not a dollar a day enough to buy bread with ? Water costs nothing ; and a man ...
Contents
WE LOOK AT OURSELVES AND OUR COUNTRY | 1 |
IN PARTICULAR | 32 |
THINKING CONTINENTALLY | 65 |
Copyright | |
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