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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... write dully about it . ) But there is plenty about our real national pas- sion , sports . After business itself ... writer but by a learned professor of history . We have listened to America at work and at play . Then follows a sec- tion ...
... write dully about it . ) But there is plenty about our real national pas- sion , sports . After business itself ... writer but by a learned professor of history . We have listened to America at work and at play . Then follows a sec- tion ...
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... write , there is a general belief that anybody , man or woman , who has failed at plumbing , farming or housewifery , has only to take a couple of easy lessons - dealing with such trade secrets as : should you write with a pen or ...
... write , there is a general belief that anybody , man or woman , who has failed at plumbing , farming or housewifery , has only to take a couple of easy lessons - dealing with such trade secrets as : should you write with a pen or ...
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... writer ever , after his apprenticeship , uses the word " style " in regard to his own work . If he did , he would become so self - conscious that he would be quite unable to write . . . . The generic concept of " style , ” as something ...
... writer ever , after his apprenticeship , uses the word " style " in regard to his own work . If he did , he would become so self - conscious that he would be quite unable to write . . . . The generic concept of " style , ” as something ...
Contents
WE LOOK AT OURSELVES AND OUR COUNTRY | 1 |
IN PARTICULAR | 32 |
THINKING CONTINENTALLY | 65 |
Copyright | |
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