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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Page 306
... write , there is a general belief that anybody , man or woman , who has failed at plumbing , farming or housewifery , has only to take a couple of easy lessons - dealing with such trade secrets as : should you write with a pen or ...
... write , there is a general belief that anybody , man or woman , who has failed at plumbing , farming or housewifery , has only to take a couple of easy lessons - dealing with such trade secrets as : should you write with a pen or ...
Page 891
... writer was leaning far out over his typewriter , thinking to beat the band . Ibid . , " Peaks in Journalism " ANNE MORROW LINDBERGH To write or to speak is almost inevitably to lie a little . The Wave of the Future , 1940 MARGARET ...
... writer was leaning far out over his typewriter , thinking to beat the band . Ibid . , " Peaks in Journalism " ANNE MORROW LINDBERGH To write or to speak is almost inevitably to lie a little . The Wave of the Future , 1940 MARGARET ...
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... writer ] does his work alone and if he is a good enough writer he must face eternity , or the lack of it , each day . . . . How simple the writing of literature would be if it were only necessary to write in another way what has been ...
... writer ] does his work alone and if he is a good enough writer he must face eternity , or the lack of it , each day . . . . How simple the writing of literature would be if it were only necessary to write in another way what has been ...
Contents
WE LOOK AT OURSELVES AND OUR COUNTRY | 1 |
of Americans | 9 |
a Look at the Country | 65 |
Copyright | |
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