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A man cannot have too much leather about him ; and a catcher's mitt is just the right amount for one hand . It's too bad the chest protector and shinpads are so hot and at a distance so like corrugated cardboard .
A man cannot have too much leather about him ; and a catcher's mitt is just the right amount for one hand . It's too bad the chest protector and shinpads are so hot and at a distance so like corrugated cardboard .
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Gilooly ( or Gilhooley ) bird : an arbitrarily chosen poker hand that beats everything . The classic story is of a stranger who wandered into a poker game , held four aces , had them beaten by an opponent who laid down the four of clubs ...
Gilooly ( or Gilhooley ) bird : an arbitrarily chosen poker hand that beats everything . The classic story is of a stranger who wandered into a poker game , held four aces , had them beaten by an opponent who laid down the four of clubs ...
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... The day has clearly gone forever of societies small enough for their members to have personal acquaintance with one another , and to find their station through the appraisal of those who have any first - hand knowledge of them .
... The day has clearly gone forever of societies small enough for their members to have personal acquaintance with one another , and to find their station through the appraisal of those who have any first - hand knowledge of them .
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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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