The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 128Atlantic Monthly Company, 1921 - American essays |
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Page 31
Living in lonely places like this , you are a prey to obsessions ; you are obsessed by certain sleepless thoughts ; they stir in your heart while you sleep , and they speak without ceas- ing of ...
Living in lonely places like this , you are a prey to obsessions ; you are obsessed by certain sleepless thoughts ; they stir in your heart while you sleep , and they speak without ceas- ing of ...
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For all you do not know their names , their names are known ; living and dead , they are remembered . Exiles remember and bless them - steamer , and captain , and the engineers in the vitals of the ship , and the little cabin - boys who ...
For all you do not know their names , their names are known ; living and dead , they are remembered . Exiles remember and bless them - steamer , and captain , and the engineers in the vitals of the ship , and the little cabin - boys who ...
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While the cutting of living foliage is the chief aim in life of these ants , yet they take advantage of the flotsam and jetsam along the shore , and each low tide finds a column from some nearby nest salvaging flowerets , leaves , and ...
While the cutting of living foliage is the chief aim in life of these ants , yet they take advantage of the flotsam and jetsam along the shore , and each low tide finds a column from some nearby nest salvaging flowerets , leaves , and ...
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One of these carried his still living burden many feet away , along an unused trail , and dropped it . I examined the small ant , and found that it had lost an an- tenna , and its body was crushed . When the ball of fighters cleared ...
One of these carried his still living burden many feet away , along an unused trail , and dropped it . I examined the small ant , and found that it had lost an an- tenna , and its body was crushed . When the ball of fighters cleared ...
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These are out - of - doors boys , living in a world of motor - cars , air - planes , and wireless . Many a boy who could not for his life name a member of Mr. Hard- ing's Cabinet , can , by the sound of the engine , ' spot ' every motor ...
These are out - of - doors boys , living in a world of motor - cars , air - planes , and wireless . Many a boy who could not for his life name a member of Mr. Hard- ing's Cabinet , can , by the sound of the engine , ' spot ' every motor ...
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