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 394
... less than the thing which elsewhere accounted for his violence - was nothing more or less than his conviction , the conviction of every farmer among what was essentially only a band of farmers , that nothing living could cross him and ...
... less than the thing which elsewhere accounted for his violence - was nothing more or less than his conviction , the conviction of every farmer among what was essentially only a band of farmers , that nothing living could cross him and ...
Page 757
... less reputable than the other two just named , because she is less wasteful ; she may even serve a useful end . At the same time the cat's temperament does not fit her for the honorific purpose . She lives with man on terms of equality ...
... less reputable than the other two just named , because she is less wasteful ; she may even serve a useful end . At the same time the cat's temperament does not fit her for the honorific purpose . She lives with man on terms of equality ...
Page 770
... less and less . Robert M. Hutchins , The Conflict in Education , 1953 , re- marked that " in the United States we have discovered that [ the specialist ] can be a man who learns less and less about less and less . " One of the ...
... less and less . Robert M. Hutchins , The Conflict in Education , 1953 , re- marked that " in the United States we have discovered that [ the specialist ] can be a man who learns less and less about less and less . " One of the ...
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