The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 146Atlantic Monthly Company, 1930 - American essays |
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Birds when we notice them are generally well - fed or at least active . We rarely see them when they are ill or starving ; we miss most of the violent deaths by hawk or owl . And so we are apt to forget the terrible mortality which all ...
Birds when we notice them are generally well - fed or at least active . We rarely see them when they are ill or starving ; we miss most of the violent deaths by hawk or owl . And so we are apt to forget the terrible mortality which all ...
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Indeed , if doctors no longer practise this facile art of verbosity , at least the maker of patent foods and medicines has clung to his ancient tradition , for he well knows that almost anything can be sold for almost any purpose as ...
Indeed , if doctors no longer practise this facile art of verbosity , at least the maker of patent foods and medicines has clung to his ancient tradition , for he well knows that almost anything can be sold for almost any purpose as ...
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Thus reason is asked to flourish when the conditions for it are least favorable . This is a firm expression of allegiance to democracy , but one misses the lyric note which characterized the democratic faith a hundred years ago .
Thus reason is asked to flourish when the conditions for it are least favorable . This is a firm expression of allegiance to democracy , but one misses the lyric note which characterized the democratic faith a hundred years ago .
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