Century Monthly Magazine, Volume 116Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder Scribner & Company; The Century Company, 1928 - American literature |
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... true that he never became an imitator of foreign manners and customs . Many Amer- icans abroad confess inferiority by attempting to imitate the British ; but General Dawes was all American at all times , and being so , won a respect ...
... true that he never became an imitator of foreign manners and customs . Many Amer- icans abroad confess inferiority by attempting to imitate the British ; but General Dawes was all American at all times , and being so , won a respect ...
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... true only of their songs , not of their intimate conversation . And I have a feeling that we might learn something of them there . The fact is , you know , they use no words at all when singing , just a sort of open- throated ...
... true only of their songs , not of their intimate conversation . And I have a feeling that we might learn something of them there . The fact is , you know , they use no words at all when singing , just a sort of open- throated ...
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... true sense of values . One cannot accomplish this overnight , nor unguided . Flappers will never " save society , " " plan a new morality , " " effect a more stable scheme of life . " They are just healthy little animals , supplying ...
... true sense of values . One cannot accomplish this overnight , nor unguided . Flappers will never " save society , " " plan a new morality , " " effect a more stable scheme of life . " They are just healthy little animals , supplying ...
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... True , the word " tele- phone " does not occur in the article , but it is difficult to see how wire - tapping for purposes of securing evidence does not violate the spirit of the Fourth Amendment . At any rate , the sanctities of ...
... True , the word " tele- phone " does not occur in the article , but it is difficult to see how wire - tapping for purposes of securing evidence does not violate the spirit of the Fourth Amendment . At any rate , the sanctities of ...
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... true culture would involve as much of the past , but it would circle through the moment in which we now breathe , it would be a putting forth of modern energies , it would take the color of the earth out of which it is now springing ...
... true culture would involve as much of the past , but it would circle through the moment in which we now breathe , it would be a putting forth of modern energies , it would take the color of the earth out of which it is now springing ...
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