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Mark Schorer. THE PRESENT RECOVERS THE PAST America's past is not dead . It lives in each of us , challenging our imagina- tion , helping to mold our ideals . Stephen Vincent Benét , poet and story writer , died ... PRESENT RECOVERS THE PAST.
Mark Schorer. THE PRESENT RECOVERS THE PAST America's past is not dead . It lives in each of us , challenging our imagina- tion , helping to mold our ideals . Stephen Vincent Benét , poet and story writer , died ... PRESENT RECOVERS THE PAST.
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... present north- ern border of Washington State . And in 1846 America and Mexico went to war , a war that ended two years later with the payment of $ 15,000,000 to Mexico , and the annexation of California and New Mexico to the United ...
... present north- ern border of Washington State . And in 1846 America and Mexico went to war , a war that ended two years later with the payment of $ 15,000,000 to Mexico , and the annexation of California and New Mexico to the United ...
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... present , near at hand . The only fault he could find with a fellow author , he once explained , was " in the subjects you choose ... Why struggle always to get out of the Present ? Why devote so many days and nights to delving into old ...
... present , near at hand . The only fault he could find with a fellow author , he once explained , was " in the subjects you choose ... Why struggle always to get out of the Present ? Why devote so many days and nights to delving into old ...
Contents
APPROACHING AMERICAN | 1 |
Carl Sandburg Chicago | 34 |
William Saroyan The Oyster and the Pearl | 60 |
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