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The bare assurance that this natural order is not ultimate but a mere sign or vision , the external staging of a many storied universe , in which spiritual forces have the last word and are eternal , -this bare assurance is to such men ...
The bare assurance that this natural order is not ultimate but a mere sign or vision , the external staging of a many storied universe , in which spiritual forces have the last word and are eternal , -this bare assurance is to such men ...
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JAMES HENRY BREASTED The fact that man possessed the capacity to rise from bestial savagery to civilization , at a time when it had never before been done , is the greatest fact in the history of the universe as known to us .
JAMES HENRY BREASTED The fact that man possessed the capacity to rise from bestial savagery to civilization , at a time when it had never before been done , is the greatest fact in the history of the universe as known to us .
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It is possible that our race may be an accident , in a meaningless universe , living its brief life uncared - for , on this dark , cooling star ; but even soand all the more - what marvelous creatures we are !
It is possible that our race may be an accident , in a meaningless universe , living its brief life uncared - for , on this dark , cooling star ; but even soand all the more - what marvelous creatures we are !
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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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