The American Treasury, 1455-1955Clifton Fadiman Harper, 1955 - 1108 pages Anthology of quotations by Americans, or about America, classified by subject. |
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Page 79
... fact of annihilation ; in New York the fact is somewhat more concentrated because of the con- centration of the city itself , and because , of all targets , New York has a certain clear priority . In the mind of whatever perverted ...
... fact of annihilation ; in New York the fact is somewhat more concentrated because of the con- centration of the city itself , and because , of all targets , New York has a certain clear priority . In the mind of whatever perverted ...
Page 517
... fact new to the world , a fact that the imagination strives in vain to grasp . ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE , Ibid . There are at the present time two great nations in the world , which started from different points , but seem to tend toward ...
... fact new to the world , a fact that the imagination strives in vain to grasp . ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE , Ibid . There are at the present time two great nations in the world , which started from different points , but seem to tend toward ...
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... fact that man possessed the capacity to rise from bestial savagery to civilization , at a time when it had never before been done , is the greatest fact in the history of the universe as known to us . For this amazing new capability ...
... fact that man possessed the capacity to rise from bestial savagery to civilization , at a time when it had never before been done , is the greatest fact in the history of the universe as known to us . For this amazing new capability ...
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of Americans | 9 |
a Look at the Country | 65 |
What We Live By | 113 |
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