The Essay: A Critical AnthologyJohn Lincoln Stewart Essays for both the student and the general reader, with comment by the editor. |
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... human enterprise , is an experiment that involves risks , and there can be no guar- anty of a happy outcome . But while the history of America confirms , on the whole , this trust in human nature , it also suggests that confidence in ...
... human enterprise , is an experiment that involves risks , and there can be no guar- anty of a happy outcome . But while the history of America confirms , on the whole , this trust in human nature , it also suggests that confidence in ...
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... human laws , but resisted them as he was bid . For once we are lifted out of the trivialness and dust of politics into the region of truth and manhood . No man in America has ever stood up so persistently and effectively for the dignity ...
... human laws , but resisted them as he was bid . For once we are lifted out of the trivialness and dust of politics into the region of truth and manhood . No man in America has ever stood up so persistently and effectively for the dignity ...
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... human reason , how could the ques- ` tion of its inspiration escape the same tribunal ? And the proofs of revelation , and even of the existence of God ? What human faculty was capable of deciding upon such enormous ques- tions ? And ...
... human reason , how could the ques- ` tion of its inspiration escape the same tribunal ? And the proofs of revelation , and even of the existence of God ? What human faculty was capable of deciding upon such enormous ques- tions ? And ...
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Introductory Comment | 3 |
When Conan Doyle Was Sherlock Holmes JOHN DICKSON CARR | 11 |
New England Xanadu SIGMUND DIAMOND | 32 |
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