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First legislative measure passed by the State of Vermont Puritanism , believing itself quick with the seed of religious liberty , laid , without knowing it , the egg of democracy . JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL , Among My Books , " New England ...
First legislative measure passed by the State of Vermont Puritanism , believing itself quick with the seed of religious liberty , laid , without knowing it , the egg of democracy . JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL , Among My Books , " New England ...
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Within half an hour of the opening the volume of trading had passed three million shares , by twelve o'clock it had passed eight million , by half - past one it had passed twelve million ; and when the closing gong brought the day's ...
Within half an hour of the opening the volume of trading had passed three million shares , by twelve o'clock it had passed eight million , by half - past one it had passed twelve million ; and when the closing gong brought the day's ...
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boy passed down the aisle , there was applause , perfunctory for some , pronounced for others . Gaines , Gillespie , Goodwin , Griffin , Gunther . Slowly , very slowly , Johnny stepped out of the mass of his fellows and trod by us ...
boy passed down the aisle , there was applause , perfunctory for some , pronounced for others . Gaines , Gillespie , Goodwin , Griffin , Gunther . Slowly , very slowly , Johnny stepped out of the mass of his fellows and trod by us ...
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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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