American Literature: An Anthology and Critical Survey, Volume 2Joe Lee Davis, John Towner Frederick, Frank Luther Mott C. Scribner's Sons, 1949 |
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Page 337
... true ? -true to the motives , the im- pulses , the principles that shape the life of actual men and women ? This truth , which necessarily includes the highest morality and the highest artistry - this truth given , the book cannot be ...
... true ? -true to the motives , the im- pulses , the principles that shape the life of actual men and women ? This truth , which necessarily includes the highest morality and the highest artistry - this truth given , the book cannot be ...
Page 590
... true for just so much , true in so far forth , true instrumentally . This is the ' instrumental ' view of truth taught so successfully at Chicago , the view that truth in our ideas means their power to ' work , ' promulgated so ...
... true for just so much , true in so far forth , true instrumentally . This is the ' instrumental ' view of truth taught so successfully at Chicago , the view that truth in our ideas means their power to ' work , ' promulgated so ...
Page 591
... true , because , although it extends our old ideas of energy , it causes a minimum of alteration in their nature . ? I need not multiply instances . A new opinion counts as ' true ' just in proportion as it gratifies the individual's ...
... true , because , although it extends our old ideas of energy , it causes a minimum of alteration in their nature . ? I need not multiply instances . A new opinion counts as ' true ' just in proportion as it gratifies the individual's ...
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AMERICAN LITERATURE 18601900 | 1 |
ABRAHAM LINCOLN | 15 |
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