Harper's Magazine, Volume 141Henry Mills Alden, Thomas Bucklin Wells, Lee Foster Hartman, Frederick Lewis Allen Harper & Brothers, 1920 - American literature Important American periodical dating back to 1850. |
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... thought of the boys who had died in 1914 , 1915 , 1916 , 1917 , and they hated the thought that Americans should claim the victory which so many Eng- lish ; Scottish , Irish , Canadians , Aus- tralians , New Zealanders , South Afri ...
... thought of the boys who had died in 1914 , 1915 , 1916 , 1917 , and they hated the thought that Americans should claim the victory which so many Eng- lish ; Scottish , Irish , Canadians , Aus- tralians , New Zealanders , South Afri ...
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... thought more than all that is the ruthless way in which the United States government has dealt with labor disputes and labor lead- ers since the war . The wholesale arrests and deportations of men accused of revolutionary propaganda ...
... thought more than all that is the ruthless way in which the United States government has dealt with labor disputes and labor lead- ers since the war . The wholesale arrests and deportations of men accused of revolutionary propaganda ...
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... thought I was going , " he. " Oh , she can do it anywhere , " replied Eddie , bitterly , and then , striking his habitual note of warning , he went on , " but honestly , Crystal , if you had heard what your father and I heard this ...
... thought I was going , " he. " Oh , she can do it anywhere , " replied Eddie , bitterly , and then , striking his habitual note of warning , he went on , " but honestly , Crystal , if you had heard what your father and I heard this ...
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... thought I was going , " he said , rock jutting out toward the sea , a rock weakly . " There's a tea - basket , " she called. " I'LL BE THERE IN FIVE MINUTES , IN A LITTLE BLUE CAR " " I HAVEN'T MEANT TO BE DISHONEST , " HE. had known ...
... thought I was going , " he said , rock jutting out toward the sea , a rock weakly . " There's a tea - basket , " she called. " I'LL BE THERE IN FIVE MINUTES , IN A LITTLE BLUE CAR " " I HAVEN'T MEANT TO BE DISHONEST , " HE. had known ...
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... thought it was all so unknown and romantic ? No wonder I felt at home with you , when I've read so many of your letters to David - such nice letters , too - and I subscribe to your paper , and read every word of the editorials . And to ...
... thought it was all so unknown and romantic ? No wonder I felt at home with you , when I've read so many of your letters to David - such nice letters , too - and I subscribe to your paper , and read every word of the editorials . And to ...
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Page 481 - Opinions, on the other hand, which are the result of experience or of honest reasoning do not have this quality of "primary certitude." I remember when as a youth I heard a group of business men discussing the question of the immortality of the soul, I was outraged by the sentiment of doubt expressed by one of the party. As I look back now I see that I had at the time no interest in the matter and certainly no least argument to urge in favor of the belief in which I had been reared. But neither my...
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Page 481 - ... primary certitude." I remember when as a youth I heard a group of business men discussing the question of the immortality of the soul, I was outraged by the sentiment of doubt expressed by one of the party. As I look back now I see that I had at the time no interest in the matter, and certainly no least. argument to urge in favor of the belief in which I had been reared. But neither my personal indifference to the issue, nor the fact that I had previously given it no attention, served to prevent...
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