American Life in Literature, Volume 1Jay Broadus Hubbell Harper & brothers, 1936 - 849 pages |
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Page 295
... truth , which can alone exalt and purify men . I do not say that they have constantly done so , or even com- monly done so ; but that they have done . so at all marks them as of the past , to be read with the due historical allowance ...
... truth , which can alone exalt and purify men . I do not say that they have constantly done so , or even com- monly done so ; but that they have done . so at all marks them as of the past , to be read with the due historical allowance ...
Page 406
... truth is satisfied by the plain additive formula . But often the day's contents oblige a re- arrangement . If I ... truth and grasp new fact ; and its success ( as I said a moment ago ) in doing this , is a matter for the individual's ...
... truth is satisfied by the plain additive formula . But often the day's contents oblige a re- arrangement . If I ... truth and grasp new fact ; and its success ( as I said a moment ago ) in doing this , is a matter for the individual's ...
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... truth ; whereas we have only sought to trace exactly 10 why people follow it and always ought to follow it . Your typical ultra - abstractionist fairly shudders at concreteness ; other things equal , he positively prefers the pale and ...
... truth ; whereas we have only sought to trace exactly 10 why people follow it and always ought to follow it . Your typical ultra - abstractionist fairly shudders at concreteness ; other things equal , he positively prefers the pale and ...
Contents
The Settlement of Virginia | 4 |
The SmithPocahontas Legend | 10 |
FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS 17931835 | 24 |
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