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Page 74
A flame is a soul; a star is a hope; the silence of winter is death. All such images,
which serve the purpose of metaphorical thinking, are natural symbols. They
have not conventionally assigned meanings, like words, but recommend
themselves ...
A flame is a soul; a star is a hope; the silence of winter is death. All such images,
which serve the purpose of metaphorical thinking, are natural symbols. They
have not conventionally assigned meanings, like words, but recommend
themselves ...
Page 189
looking into the circumstances of Mrs. Hayton's death. In view of the current trial
concerning the death of Dr. Miller, I do not feel I should comment on Mrs.
Hayton's death." It seemed that there had been barbiturates in Elaine Hayton's
blood, and ...
looking into the circumstances of Mrs. Hayton's death. In view of the current trial
concerning the death of Dr. Miller, I do not feel I should comment on Mrs.
Hayton's death." It seemed that there had been barbiturates in Elaine Hayton's
blood, and ...
Page 204
It seems to me that one ought to rejoice in the fact of death— ought to decide,
indeed, to earn one's death by confronting with passion the conundrum of life.
One is responsible to life: It is the small beacon in that terrifying darkness from
which ...
It seems to me that one ought to rejoice in the fact of death— ought to decide,
indeed, to earn one's death by confronting with passion the conundrum of life.
One is responsible to life: It is the small beacon in that terrifying darkness from
which ...
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Contents
THE RIGHT USE OF LANGUAGE | 61 |
THE AMERICAN CRISIS | 143 |
JAmeS BAldWIn from The Fire Next Time | 199 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Borzoi College Reader A Borzoi book |
| Editors | Charles Muscatine, Marlene Griffith |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Knopf, 1971 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 11 Mar 2011 |
| ISBN | 0394314387, 9780394314389 |
| Length | 759 pages |
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