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... living things - that is , of things living in the wild - is to be diseased , undernourished , or hunted , and , sometimes , all three . For both plants and animals life is a grim struggle for survival , one in which , until the rise of ...
... living things - that is , of things living in the wild - is to be diseased , undernourished , or hunted , and , sometimes , all three . For both plants and animals life is a grim struggle for survival , one in which , until the rise of ...
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... living , and because my life was completely conditioned by what they said or did , it would have been tantamount to challenging them . I could calculate my chances for life in the South as a Negro fairly clearly now . . . . What , then ...
... living , and because my life was completely conditioned by what they said or did , it would have been tantamount to challenging them . I could calculate my chances for life in the South as a Negro fairly clearly now . . . . What , then ...
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... living quality , " while another writes , " The immediately striking thing about Mr. X's work is its peculiar deadness , " the reader accepts this as a simple difference of opinion . If words like black and white were involved , instead ...
... living quality , " while another writes , " The immediately striking thing about Mr. X's work is its peculiar deadness , " the reader accepts this as a simple difference of opinion . If words like black and white were involved , instead ...
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