Red, White, and Blue: Men, Books, and Ideas in American CultureOxford University Press, 1969 - 351 pages |
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Page 71
... accepted , not only because it is somehow inevitable , but because the advance of civilized society represents a good ... accept , even while regretting , the justice as well as the inevitability of the passing of Natty's world . It is ...
... accepted , not only because it is somehow inevitable , but because the advance of civilized society represents a good ... accept , even while regretting , the justice as well as the inevitability of the passing of Natty's world . It is ...
Page 111
... accept the facts of experience is to accept the discrepancy between what is and what should be ; with this as a theme , he focuses his novels on those areas of modern life where the ideal is pre- sumed to govern . The heroes of his ...
... accept the facts of experience is to accept the discrepancy between what is and what should be ; with this as a theme , he focuses his novels on those areas of modern life where the ideal is pre- sumed to govern . The heroes of his ...
Page 261
... accept . The second answer would be to decide upon reflection that the real meaning of the word should be the collective sense , that the individual realizes himself by committing himself to some worthy enterprise larger than himself ...
... accept . The second answer would be to decide upon reflection that the real meaning of the word should be the collective sense , that the individual realizes himself by committing himself to some worthy enterprise larger than himself ...
Contents
HISTORY AND THE CONCEPT OF CULTURE | 3 |
THE MEANING OF LINDBERGHS FLIGHT | 21 |
LINDBERGH DOS PASSOS AND HISTORY | 38 |
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