A New England ReaderVan Wyck Brooks New England literature from William Bradford to the poems of Robert Lowell. |
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Page vii
... less degree elsewhere in the country , among them a religious toughness that encouraged solid intellectual work , to- gether with a fervent love of learning . Within twenty years of the landing of the pilgrims , about one hundred and ...
... less degree elsewhere in the country , among them a religious toughness that encouraged solid intellectual work , to- gether with a fervent love of learning . Within twenty years of the landing of the pilgrims , about one hundred and ...
Page 89
... less the popular measures of progress will ever be the arts and the laws . But if there be a country which cannot stand any one of these tests , -a country where knowledge cannot be diffused without perils of mob - law and statute - law ...
... less the popular measures of progress will ever be the arts and the laws . But if there be a country which cannot stand any one of these tests , -a country where knowledge cannot be diffused without perils of mob - law and statute - law ...
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Van Wyck Brooks. love is less always than to win less never than alive less bigger than the least begin less littler than forgive it is most sane and sunly and more it cannot die than all the sky which only is higher than the sky 3 . yes ...
Van Wyck Brooks. love is less always than to win less never than alive less bigger than the least begin less littler than forgive it is most sane and sunly and more it cannot die than all the sky which only is higher than the sky 3 . yes ...
Contents
The Landing of the Pilgrims | 3 |
To My Dear and Loving Husband | 9 |
A Confession | 16 |
Copyright | |
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