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 27
... whole gasconade of " reform " politics . Yet again , there is the ineradicable peasant suspicion of the man who is having a better time in the world - a suspicion grounded , like the foregoing , partly upon undisguised envy and partly ...
... whole gasconade of " reform " politics . Yet again , there is the ineradicable peasant suspicion of the man who is having a better time in the world - a suspicion grounded , like the foregoing , partly upon undisguised envy and partly ...
Page 197
... whole product of his labor , or as nearly as possible , is a worthy object of any good govern- ment . ABRAHAM LINCOLN , " Fragments of a Tariff Discussion , " December 1 , 1847 ( date assigned by Hay and Nicolay ) I hold that if the ...
... whole product of his labor , or as nearly as possible , is a worthy object of any good govern- ment . ABRAHAM LINCOLN , " Fragments of a Tariff Discussion , " December 1 , 1847 ( date assigned by Hay and Nicolay ) I hold that if the ...
Page 324
... whole People deliberating calmly on what form of govern- ment will be most conducive to their happiness ; and deciding with an unexpected degree of unanimity in favour of a System which they con- ceive calculated to answer the purpose ...
... whole People deliberating calmly on what form of govern- ment will be most conducive to their happiness ; and deciding with an unexpected degree of unanimity in favour of a System which they con- ceive calculated to answer the purpose ...
Contents
WE LOOK AT OURSELVES AND OUR COUNTRY | 1 |
IN PARTICULAR | 32 |
THINKING CONTINENTALLY | 65 |
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