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Page 152
The brave men , living and dead , who struggled here , have consecrated it , far above our poor power to add or detract . The world will little note , nor long remember what we say here , but it can never forget what they did here .
The brave men , living and dead , who struggled here , have consecrated it , far above our poor power to add or detract . The world will little note , nor long remember what we say here , but it can never forget what they did here .
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The last man who sat down and drank a quiet glass of beer was found dead - dead for twenty years - in Milwaukee . THE AMERICANS ARE A QUEER PEOPLE : THEY CAN'T PLAY . Americans rush to work as soon as they get up .
The last man who sat down and drank a quiet glass of beer was found dead - dead for twenty years - in Milwaukee . THE AMERICANS ARE A QUEER PEOPLE : THEY CAN'T PLAY . Americans rush to work as soon as they get up .
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Beautiful that war and all its deeds of carnage must in time be utterly lost , That the hands of the sisters Death and Night incessantly softly wash again , and ever again , this soil'd world ; as myself is dead , I look where he lies ...
Beautiful that war and all its deeds of carnage must in time be utterly lost , That the hands of the sisters Death and Night incessantly softly wash again , and ever again , this soil'd world ; as myself is dead , I look where he lies ...
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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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