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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... feeling pervading officers and men , that made me feel the full load of responsi- bility , for success would be accepted as a matter of course , whereas , should we fail , this " march " would be adjudged the wild adventure of a crazy ...
... feeling pervading officers and men , that made me feel the full load of responsi- bility , for success would be accepted as a matter of course , whereas , should we fail , this " march " would be adjudged the wild adventure of a crazy ...
Page 741
... feel sure that our power over energy has now reached a point where it just sensibly effects the old adjustment . It ... feel it who will only consent to feel like a child . Sitting here any Sunday afternoon , while the voices of the ...
... feel sure that our power over energy has now reached a point where it just sensibly effects the old adjustment . It ... feel it who will only consent to feel like a child . Sitting here any Sunday afternoon , while the voices of the ...
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... feel alarms me . I've never tried to land a plane without feel before . I want to open the throttle wider , to glide faster , to tauten the controls still more . But - I glance at the dial - the needle points to eighty miles an hour ...
... feel alarms me . I've never tried to land a plane without feel before . I want to open the throttle wider , to glide faster , to tauten the controls still more . But - I glance at the dial - the needle points to eighty miles an hour ...
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