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Page 108
There was a strong , gassy odor , and it seemed as though I could not breathe . There was a screaming , hissing sound coming directly from the end of the funnel . I looked up , and to my astonishment I saw right into the heart of the ...
There was a strong , gassy odor , and it seemed as though I could not breathe . There was a screaming , hissing sound coming directly from the end of the funnel . I looked up , and to my astonishment I saw right into the heart of the ...
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The words seemed to me , sweetly to represent the loveliness and beauty of Jesus Christ . The whole book of Canticles used to be pleasant to me , and I used to be much in reading it , about that time ; and found , from time to time ...
The words seemed to me , sweetly to represent the loveliness and beauty of Jesus Christ . The whole book of Canticles used to be pleasant to me , and I used to be much in reading it , about that time ; and found , from time to time ...
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I seemed then to know why I had done this ; I seemed then to know why I had come - and to feel how not to have come would have been miserably , horribly to miss it . It made everything right - it made everything priceless .
I seemed then to know why I had done this ; I seemed then to know why I had come - and to feel how not to have come would have been miserably , horribly to miss it . It made everything right - it made everything priceless .
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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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