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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... truth , for it is all that truth is known as . The Meaning of Truth , " Preface , " 1909 If my reader can succeed in abstracting from all conceptual interpretation . and lapse back into his immediate sensible life at this very moment ...
... truth , for it is all that truth is known as . The Meaning of Truth , " Preface , " 1909 If my reader can succeed in abstracting from all conceptual interpretation . and lapse back into his immediate sensible life at this very moment ...
Page 824
... truth with it , and in accepting the arguments of the other man he is sure to get some error with it . After I get hold of a truth I hate to lose it again , and I like to sift all the truth out before I give up an error . ORVILLE WRIGHT ...
... truth with it , and in accepting the arguments of the other man he is sure to get some error with it . After I get hold of a truth I hate to lose it again , and I like to sift all the truth out before I give up an error . ORVILLE WRIGHT ...
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... Truth forever on the scaffold , 566 Truthful James , 624 Turn the Rascals Out !, 353 ' Twas a balmy summer evening ... truths , 145 , 339 We just want the facts , ma'am , 245 We learn to do by doing , 288 We live in an old chaos of the ...
... Truth forever on the scaffold , 566 Truthful James , 624 Turn the Rascals Out !, 353 ' Twas a balmy summer evening ... truths , 145 , 339 We just want the facts , ma'am , 245 We learn to do by doing , 288 We live in an old chaos of the ...
Contents
WE LOOK AT OURSELVES AND OUR COUNTRY | 1 |
of Americans | 9 |
a Look at the Country | 65 |
Copyright | |
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