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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... Mean City , 1944 America means far more than a continent bounded by two oceans . It is more than pride of military power , glory in war or in victory . It means more than vast expanses of farms , of great factories or mines ...
... Mean City , 1944 America means far more than a continent bounded by two oceans . It is more than pride of military power , glory in war or in victory . It means more than vast expanses of farms , of great factories or mines ...
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Clifton Fadiman. The political and governmental phase of democracy is a means , the best means so far found , for realizing ends that lie in the wide domain of human relationships and the development of human personality . It is of life ...
Clifton Fadiman. The political and governmental phase of democracy is a means , the best means so far found , for realizing ends that lie in the wide domain of human relationships and the development of human personality . It is of life ...
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... means practically to select and reject : and this again means that one must discipline one's feelings or affections , to use the older word , to some ethical center . If the discipline is to be effective , so that a man will like and ...
... means practically to select and reject : and this again means that one must discipline one's feelings or affections , to use the older word , to some ethical center . If the discipline is to be effective , so that a man will like and ...
Contents
WE LOOK AT OURSELVES AND OUR COUNTRY | 1 |
IN PARTICULAR | 32 |
THINKING CONTINENTALLY | 65 |
Copyright | |
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