The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 139Atlantic Monthly Company, 1927 - American essays |
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... sure it is not her ability as a long - distance swimmer that these people are buying , but the golden publicity heaped upon her by the news- papers . If poor Floyd Collins , who died in a hole in Kentucky , had been so fortunate as to ...
... sure it is not her ability as a long - distance swimmer that these people are buying , but the golden publicity heaped upon her by the news- papers . If poor Floyd Collins , who died in a hole in Kentucky , had been so fortunate as to ...
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... sure , if he thought that as a result of his forti- tude the people would be better pre- pared to preserve the safety and glory of the nation in war . My scheme , again briefly outlined and left for wiser heads to elaborate in detail ...
... sure , if he thought that as a result of his forti- tude the people would be better pre- pared to preserve the safety and glory of the nation in war . My scheme , again briefly outlined and left for wiser heads to elaborate in detail ...
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... sure , to lay upon the altars of their country this last holy sacrifice of their lives , which they stand always ready to give in war , and which there is no reason to suppose they would with- hold in peace . And I am not sure that the ...
... sure , to lay upon the altars of their country this last holy sacrifice of their lives , which they stand always ready to give in war , and which there is no reason to suppose they would with- hold in peace . And I am not sure that the ...
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... sure whether Margaret was right or whether their learning was limited . Two facts of physics they viewed with profound skepticism : that the same iron weight varied in heavi- ness between the North Pole and the Equator , and that a ...
... sure whether Margaret was right or whether their learning was limited . Two facts of physics they viewed with profound skepticism : that the same iron weight varied in heavi- ness between the North Pole and the Equator , and that a ...
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... sure the singer was old , as her present posture emphasized : shoulders bent round , dim eyes and unsteady hands searching the pages of the Bible on her lap . But her voice was well sustained , and her song was none the less clear ...
... sure the singer was old , as her present posture emphasized : shoulders bent round , dim eyes and unsteady hands searching the pages of the Bible on her lap . But her voice was well sustained , and her song was none the less clear ...
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