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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Page 331
... thought of the many sacri- fices he had made to place me where I was , the twenty - five mile drives in storms and zero weather over our mountain roads to carry me to the academy , and all the tenderness and care he had lavished upon me ...
... thought of the many sacri- fices he had made to place me where I was , the twenty - five mile drives in storms and zero weather over our mountain roads to carry me to the academy , and all the tenderness and care he had lavished upon me ...
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... thought is evidenced by the fact that the French Peace So- ciety presented us with medals on account of our invention . We thought governments would realize the impossibility of winning by surprise attacks , and that no country would ...
... thought is evidenced by the fact that the French Peace So- ciety presented us with medals on account of our invention . We thought governments would realize the impossibility of winning by surprise attacks , and that no country would ...
Page 856
... thought in one man's mind , and when the same thought occurs to another man , it is the key to that era . Every reform was once a private opinion , and when it shall be a private opinion again it will solve the problem of the age . Ibid ...
... thought in one man's mind , and when the same thought occurs to another man , it is the key to that era . Every reform was once a private opinion , and when it shall be a private opinion again it will solve the problem of the age . Ibid ...
Contents
WE LOOK AT OURSELVES AND OUR COUNTRY | 1 |
IN PARTICULAR | 32 |
THINKING CONTINENTALLY | 65 |
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