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... and that those other worlds must contain experiences which have a meaning for our life also ; and that although in the main their experiences and those of this world keep discrete , yet the two become continuous at certain points ...
... and that those other worlds must contain experiences which have a meaning for our life also ; and that although in the main their experiences and those of this world keep discrete , yet the two become continuous at certain points ...
Page 808
Learn to reverence night and to put away the vulgar fear of it , for , with the banishment of night from the experience of man , there vanishes as well a religious emotion , a poetic mood , which gives depth to the adventure of humanity ...
Learn to reverence night and to put away the vulgar fear of it , for , with the banishment of night from the experience of man , there vanishes as well a religious emotion , a poetic mood , which gives depth to the adventure of humanity ...
Page 810
I have met few men or women wholly country - bred and completely without experience of life in cities , with whom I felt entirely at home . About them there is nearly always something farouche , if not actually savage .
I have met few men or women wholly country - bred and completely without experience of life in cities , with whom I felt entirely at home . About them there is nearly always something farouche , if not actually savage .
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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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