The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 128Atlantic Monthly Company, 1921 - American essays |
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But that comes later in my story . III ' No , ' I replied ; ' Melnikoff said the ... But we also col- lect the passports of all refugees from Petrograd , for they often come in handy . And if anything happens , remember you are a ...
But that comes later in my story . III ' No , ' I replied ; ' Melnikoff said the ... But we also col- lect the passports of all refugees from Petrograd , for they often come in handy . And if anything happens , remember you are a ...
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Éducation in a democracy must average - teach the high to come down , the humble to rise , and all of us to walk togeth- er . Not trying to do more than this for any , or daring to do less than this for all , it must hinder no mind ...
Éducation in a democracy must average - teach the high to come down , the humble to rise , and all of us to walk togeth- er . Not trying to do more than this for any , or daring to do less than this for all , it must hinder no mind ...
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Yet the schools overflow , as if author- ity were there ! Students come to paint and to play , before they learn to see and hear ; they come to write , before experience has given them anything to say . They must come to school ...
Yet the schools overflow , as if author- ity were there ! Students come to paint and to play , before they learn to see and hear ; they come to write , before experience has given them anything to say . They must come to school ...
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Night comes too soon ; the steamer hangs upon the dark like a bouquet of fireworks , ar- rested . ... has made his last bitter comments and has gone be- low to wash himself , and the time has come for the white men to go ashore .
Night comes too soon ; the steamer hangs upon the dark like a bouquet of fireworks , ar- rested . ... has made his last bitter comments and has gone be- low to wash himself , and the time has come for the white men to go ashore .
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who will never come on deck if the ship goes down ; and you see on the bridge the legs of the little cabin - boy , whose head , inside the pilot - house door , waits on an order . All the life of the ship , under the cover of the smoke ...
who will never come on deck if the ship goes down ; and you see on the bridge the legs of the little cabin - boy , whose head , inside the pilot - house door , waits on an order . All the life of the ship , under the cover of the smoke ...
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