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 883
... universe capable of giving birth to many such accidents is - blind or not - a good world to live in , a promis- ing universe . And if there are no other such accidents , if we stand alone , if all the uncountable armies of planets are ...
... universe capable of giving birth to many such accidents is - blind or not - a good world to live in , a promis- ing universe . And if there are no other such accidents , if we stand alone , if all the uncountable armies of planets are ...
Page 922
... universe , and thus stabs us from behind with the thought of annihilation , when beholding the white depths of the milky way ? Or is it , that as in essence whiteness is not so much a color as the visible absence of color , and at the ...
... universe , and thus stabs us from behind with the thought of annihilation , when beholding the white depths of the milky way ? Or is it , that as in essence whiteness is not so much a color as the visible absence of color , and at the ...
Page 947
... Universe through a half - eaten apple . Cream of the Jest , 1917 Indeed , when I consider the race to which I have the honor to belong , I am filled with respectful wonder . . . . All about it flows and gyrates unceasingly the material ...
... Universe through a half - eaten apple . Cream of the Jest , 1917 Indeed , when I consider the race to which I have the honor to belong , I am filled with respectful wonder . . . . All about it flows and gyrates unceasingly the material ...
Contents
WE LOOK AT OURSELVES AND OUR COUNTRY | 1 |
IN PARTICULAR | 32 |
THINKING CONTINENTALLY | 65 |
Copyright | |
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