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DON MARQUIS , Yale Review , 1926 The press is overstepping in every direction the obvious bounds of propriety and decency . Gossip is no longer the resource of the idle and of the vicious , but has become a trade ...
DON MARQUIS , Yale Review , 1926 The press is overstepping in every direction the obvious bounds of propriety and decency . Gossip is no longer the resource of the idle and of the vicious , but has become a trade ...
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Am I to become a sectional man , a local man , a separatist , with no country in common with the gentlemen who sit around me here , or who fill the other house of Congress ? Heaven forbid ! Where is the flag of the republic to remain ?
Am I to become a sectional man , a local man , a separatist , with no country in common with the gentlemen who sit around me here , or who fill the other house of Congress ? Heaven forbid ! Where is the flag of the republic to remain ?
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Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits , they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic stage . We are spinning our own fates , good or evil , and never to be undone .
Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits , they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic stage . We are spinning our own fates , good or evil , and never to be undone .
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Contents
Introduction | 2 |
of Americans | 9 |
a Look at the Country | 65 |
Copyright | |
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American ANON asked beautiful become believe body called civilization comes common Constitution dead death earth equal experience eyes face fact father fear feel force freedom GEORGE give ground hand head hear heart HENRY hope human Ibid idea interest JAMES JOHN keep kind land leave less letter liberty light LINCOLN lines live look March MARK matter means mind nature never night once passed peace person play political race reason remember seemed sense side society soul speak speech spirit stand talk tell things thought tion tree true truth turn United universe whole write York young
Bibliographic information
| Title | The American Treasury, 1455-1955 |
| Editor | Clifton Fadiman |
| Compiled by | Clifton Fadiman |
| Publisher | Harper, 1955 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 11 Dec 2006 |
| Length | 1108 pages |
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