The American Treasury, 1455-1955Clifton Fadiman Harper, 1955 - 1108 páginas Anthology of quotations by Americans, or about America, classified by subject. |
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... tion on human nature that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of government . But what is government itself , but the greatest of all reflections on human nature ? If men were angels , no government would be necessary ...
... tion on human nature that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of government . But what is government itself , but the greatest of all reflections on human nature ? If men were angels , no government would be necessary ...
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... tion now existing in the slaveholding states between the two is , instead of an evil , a good — a positive good . I feel myself called upon to speak freely upon the subject , when the honor and interests of those I represent are ...
... tion now existing in the slaveholding states between the two is , instead of an evil , a good — a positive good . I feel myself called upon to speak freely upon the subject , when the honor and interests of those I represent are ...
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... tion , " What is truth ? " will always be impossible to answer to the satisfac- tion of every man . When this is known , then knowledge exists in the most humane of all its forms - the recognition that any man may be right . Columbia ...
... tion , " What is truth ? " will always be impossible to answer to the satisfac- tion of every man . When this is known , then knowledge exists in the most humane of all its forms - the recognition that any man may be right . Columbia ...
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WE LOOK AT OURSELVES AND OUR COUNTRY | 1 |
of Americans | 9 |
a Look at the Country | 65 |
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