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For example , there is the fundamental idea of democracy - the idea that all political power should remain in the hands of the populace , that its exercise by superior men is intrinsically immoral . Out of this idea spring innumerable ...
For example , there is the fundamental idea of democracy - the idea that all political power should remain in the hands of the populace , that its exercise by superior men is intrinsically immoral . Out of this idea spring innumerable ...
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I know , although the idea has not been stated distinctly , there is to be , or it is supposed possible there will be , a Southern Confederacy . I do not mean , when I allude to this statement , that any one seriously contemplates such ...
I know , although the idea has not been stated distinctly , there is to be , or it is supposed possible there will be , a Southern Confederacy . I do not mean , when I allude to this statement , that any one seriously contemplates such ...
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Music , when combined with a pleasurable idea , is poetry ; music without the idea is simply music ; the idea without the music is prose from its very definitiveness . On Poets and Poetry I would define , in brief , the Poetry of words ...
Music , when combined with a pleasurable idea , is poetry ; music without the idea is simply music ; the idea without the music is prose from its very definitiveness . On Poets and Poetry I would define , in brief , the Poetry of words ...
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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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