Harper's Magazine, Volume 186Harper & Brothers, 1942 - American literature |
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ing plausible implausible facts . There is rarely much synthesis of those facts . We live in an age of things , not of ideas ; and journalism , not fiction , is the true literature of fact . In other words , it is hard to be a novelist ...
ing plausible implausible facts . There is rarely much synthesis of those facts . We live in an age of things , not of ideas ; and journalism , not fiction , is the true literature of fact . In other words , it is hard to be a novelist ...
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... fact officials had notified the club that it was violat- ing the law and had threatened to take action - but had not carried out the threat . Above all , the public supposed that an adequate building code taking into account the ...
... fact officials had notified the club that it was violat- ing the law and had threatened to take action - but had not carried out the threat . Above all , the public supposed that an adequate building code taking into account the ...
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... fact that two of our 1918 allies were first to break the peace ; hence force , if invoked , must be held as a club over presumed friends as well as present enemies . Then we must admit that whenever a nation is brought under compulsion ...
... fact that two of our 1918 allies were first to break the peace ; hence force , if invoked , must be held as a club over presumed friends as well as present enemies . Then we must admit that whenever a nation is brought under compulsion ...
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