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And it ain't houses and it ain't names , and it ain't earth , and it ain't even the stars . . . everybody knows in their bones that something is eternal , and that something has to do with human beings . All the greatest people ever ...
And it ain't houses and it ain't names , and it ain't earth , and it ain't even the stars . . . everybody knows in their bones that something is eternal , and that something has to do with human beings . All the greatest people ever ...
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When there's no cloud layer beneath him , then , no matter how high he may ascend , he is still conscious of the surface of the earth by day and of its mass by night . While flying over clouds in daytime , there's something about the ...
When there's no cloud layer beneath him , then , no matter how high he may ascend , he is still conscious of the surface of the earth by day and of its mass by night . While flying over clouds in daytime , there's something about the ...
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He had no articulate thought of anything ; there was only this perfect sympathy of movement , of turning this earth of theirs over and over to the sun , this earth which formed their home and fed their bodies and made their gods .
He had no articulate thought of anything ; there was only this perfect sympathy of movement , of turning this earth of theirs over and over to the sun , this earth which formed their home and fed their bodies and made their gods .
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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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