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... thought they may contain . To believe your own thought , to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men , -that is genius . Speak your latent conviction , and it shall be the universal sense ; for the ...
... thought they may contain . To believe your own thought , to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men , -that is genius . Speak your latent conviction , and it shall be the universal sense ; for the ...
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... thought and word quoted from an intellec- tual man . But in his presence our own mind is roused to activity , and we forget very fast what he says , much more interested in the new play of our own thought than in any thought of his ...
... thought and word quoted from an intellec- tual man . But in his presence our own mind is roused to activity , and we forget very fast what he says , much more interested in the new play of our own thought than in any thought of his ...
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... thought came to him that the frozen portions of his body must be extending . He tried to keep this thought down , to forget it , to think of something else ; he was aware of the panicky feeling that it caused , and he was afraid of the ...
... thought came to him that the frozen portions of his body must be extending . He tried to keep this thought down , to forget it , to think of something else ; he was aware of the panicky feeling that it caused , and he was afraid of the ...
Contents
PREFACE | xxxix |
The Colonies the Revolution and the New Nation | 3 |
JOHN SMITH 15801631 | 11 |
Copyright | |
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