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Human rights rest on human dignity . The dignity of man is an ideal worth fighting for and worth dying for . It is not so , as William James would have said , because it satisfies our habits or emotions , but because it is true , and we ...
Human rights rest on human dignity . The dignity of man is an ideal worth fighting for and worth dying for . It is not so , as William James would have said , because it satisfies our habits or emotions , but because it is true , and we ...
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It may be a reflection on human nature that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of government. But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government ...
It may be a reflection on human nature that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of government. But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government ...
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leaves of trees , and the play of light and shadow on a human face , than they are like buildings and machines , the least of their representatives . The best proofs in mathematics are short and crisp like epigrams , and the longest ...
leaves of trees , and the play of light and shadow on a human face , than they are like buildings and machines , the least of their representatives . The best proofs in mathematics are short and crisp like epigrams , and the longest ...
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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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