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Page 104
Mr. Bixby was a hero that night ; and it was some little time , too , before his exploit ceased to be talked about by river - men . Fully to realize the marvelous precision required in laying the great steamer in her marks in that murky ...
Mr. Bixby was a hero that night ; and it was some little time , too , before his exploit ceased to be talked about by river - men . Fully to realize the marvelous precision required in laying the great steamer in her marks in that murky ...
Page 530
They eat all night , dance all night , build buildings all night , make a noise all night . They can't play . They try to , but they can't . They turn football into a fight : baseball into a lawsuit and yachting into machinery .
They eat all night , dance all night , build buildings all night , make a noise all night . They can't play . They try to , but they can't . They turn football into a fight : baseball into a lawsuit and yachting into machinery .
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Beautiful that war and all its deeds of carnage must in time be utterly lost , That the hands of the sisters Death and Night incessantly softly wash again , and ever again , this soil'd world ; as myself is dead , I look where he lies ...
Beautiful that war and all its deeds of carnage must in time be utterly lost , That the hands of the sisters Death and Night incessantly softly wash again , and ever again , this soil'd world ; as myself is dead , I look where he lies ...
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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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