The Democratic Spirit: A Collection of American Writings from the Earliest Times to the Present DayBernard Smith A. A. Knopf, 1941 - 927 pages |
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Page 306
... hands ? Many men look on the ability to be idle as the most desirable and honourable ability . They glory in being the mouth that consumes , not the hand that works . Yet one would suppose a man of useless hands and idle head , in the ...
... hands ? Many men look on the ability to be idle as the most desirable and honourable ability . They glory in being the mouth that consumes , not the hand that works . Yet one would suppose a man of useless hands and idle head , in the ...
Page 314
... hand joined in hand , the wicked shall not prosper . Come with me , my friends , a moment more , pass over this Golgotha of human history , treading reverent as you go , for our feet are on our mothers ' grave , and our shoes defile our ...
... hand joined in hand , the wicked shall not prosper . Come with me , my friends , a moment more , pass over this Golgotha of human history , treading reverent as you go , for our feet are on our mothers ' grave , and our shoes defile our ...
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... hand of his . " There's at least one man in the city of Chicago who won't shake hands with a crook . " And he had walked away . Well , he was proud to be an honest man , and to have turned down that political job which Joe had offered ...
... hand of his . " There's at least one man in the city of Chicago who won't shake hands with a crook . " And he had walked away . Well , he was proud to be an honest man , and to have turned down that political job which Joe had offered ...
Contents
ROGER WILLIAMS 1603?1683 | 5 |
BACONS MAN 1676 | 13 |
JOHN WISE 16521725 | 20 |
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