The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 139Atlantic Monthly Company, 1927 - American essays |
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Page 13
... human interest ? Could it not be featured ? True , it would not sell papers , as do the details of Babe Ruth's life , or the fact that Ford pays a week's wages for five days ' work . But that is poor consolation for those who live by ...
... human interest ? Could it not be featured ? True , it would not sell papers , as do the details of Babe Ruth's life , or the fact that Ford pays a week's wages for five days ' work . But that is poor consolation for those who live by ...
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... human life . And in this instance , too , I hope to avoid wasting human life , according to any farsighted understanding of the term ' waste . ' I cannot , however , see that injury and suffering for brief pe- riods may be escaped ...
... human life . And in this instance , too , I hope to avoid wasting human life , according to any farsighted understanding of the term ' waste . ' I cannot , however , see that injury and suffering for brief pe- riods may be escaped ...
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... human . Long thin feet alternately passing each other , arms circling awkwardly outside the feet , heads gliding squatly forward in the midst of arms and legs . People seen on end resemble spiders . Ellie , maybe , was a spider , and he ...
... human . Long thin feet alternately passing each other , arms circling awkwardly outside the feet , heads gliding squatly forward in the midst of arms and legs . People seen on end resemble spiders . Ellie , maybe , was a spider , and he ...
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... human affection . Some of us are becoming at least a little bit like Saint Francis . We have not quite the courage to embrace Our Lady Poverty ; but we find Our Lady Riches a most unstimulating spouse . - - Our second deity is the Flesh ...
... human affection . Some of us are becoming at least a little bit like Saint Francis . We have not quite the courage to embrace Our Lady Poverty ; but we find Our Lady Riches a most unstimulating spouse . - - Our second deity is the Flesh ...
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... human nature . Few have as yet asked whether it can be possi- ble that , since our primeval ancestors millions of years ago crawled from the slime of the sea , first the animal world and then the human race have strug- gled on , at the ...
... human nature . Few have as yet asked whether it can be possi- ble that , since our primeval ancestors millions of years ago crawled from the slime of the sea , first the animal world and then the human race have strug- gled on , at the ...
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