The American Treasury, 1455-1955Clifton Fadiman Harper, 1955 - 1108 pages Anthology of quotations by Americans, or about America, classified by subject. |
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... Remember Dante , each one who will say otherwise of your father and I , is a liar , insulting innocent dead men who have been brave in their life . Remember and know also , Dante , that if your father and I would have been cowards and ...
... Remember Dante , each one who will say otherwise of your father and I , is a liar , insulting innocent dead men who have been brave in their life . Remember and know also , Dante , that if your father and I would have been cowards and ...
Page 398
... remember me ; while I would more naturally remember him distinctly , because he was the chief of staff of General Scott in the Mexican War . When I left camp that morning I had not expected so soon the result that was then taking place ...
... remember me ; while I would more naturally remember him distinctly , because he was the chief of staff of General Scott in the Mexican War . When I left camp that morning I had not expected so soon the result that was then taking place ...
Page 964
... remember it . But if you can make it up instead of describe it you can make it round and whole and solid and give it ... remember the sudden happiness and the feeling of having a permanent protecting talisman when a young British officer ...
... remember it . But if you can make it up instead of describe it you can make it round and whole and solid and give it ... remember the sudden happiness and the feeling of having a permanent protecting talisman when a young British officer ...
Contents
IN GENERAL | 9 |
IN PARTICULAR | 32 |
THINKING CONTINENTALLY | 65 |
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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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