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Mr. Richard Henry Lee might be gone to Virginia , to his sick family , for aught I know , but that was not the reason of Mr. Jefferson's appointment . There were three committees appointed at the same time , one for the Declaration of ...
Mr. Richard Henry Lee might be gone to Virginia , to his sick family , for aught I know , but that was not the reason of Mr. Jefferson's appointment . There were three committees appointed at the same time , one for the Declaration of ...
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Reason is one of the very feeblest of Nature's forces , if you take it at any one spot and moment . It is only in the very long run that its effects become perceptible . Reason assumes to settle things by weighing them against one ...
Reason is one of the very feeblest of Nature's forces , if you take it at any one spot and moment . It is only in the very long run that its effects become perceptible . Reason assumes to settle things by weighing them against one ...
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Ibid . , " Reason in Religion , " 1905 Even the heretics and atheists , if they have had profundity , turn out after a while to be forerunners of some new orthodoxy . What they rebel against is a religion alien to their nature ...
Ibid . , " Reason in Religion , " 1905 Even the heretics and atheists , if they have had profundity , turn out after a while to be forerunners of some new orthodoxy . What they rebel against is a religion alien to their nature ...
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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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