Major Writers of America, Volume 1Harcourt, Brace & World, 1962 Selections from the writings of fifteen important American authors, including portions of novels, short stories, prose and poems. |
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... Wild ; and what I have been preparing to say is , that in Wildness is the preservation of the World . Every tree sends its fibers forth in search of the Wild . The cities import it at any price . Men plow and sail for it . From the ...
... Wild ; and what I have been preparing to say is , that in Wildness is the preservation of the World . Every tree sends its fibers forth in search of the Wild . The cities import it at any price . Men plow and sail for it . From the ...
Page 631
... wild men , even , are not the less true , though they may not recommend themselves to the sense which is most common among Englishmen and Americans today . It is not every truth that recommends itself to the common sense . Nature has a ...
... wild men , even , are not the less true , though they may not recommend themselves to the sense which is most common among Englishmen and Americans today . It is not every truth that recommends itself to the common sense . Nature has a ...
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... wild apples requires vigorous and healthy senses , papillae firm and erect on the tongue and palate , not easily flat- tened and tamed . From my experience with wild apples , I can un- derstand that there may be reasons for a ...
... wild apples requires vigorous and healthy senses , papillae firm and erect on the tongue and palate , not easily flat- tened and tamed . From my experience with wild apples , I can un- derstand that there may be reasons for a ...
Contents
WILLIAM BRADFORD | 3 |
My Father and Your Father To | 4 |
Introduction | 10 |
Copyright | |
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