The American Enlightenment, 1750-1820Harvard University Press, 1997 - 220 halaman This concise literary history of the American Enlightenment captures the varied and conflicting voices of religious and political conviction in the decades when the new nation was formed. Robert Ferguson's trenchant interpretation yields new understanding of this pivotal period for American culture. |
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... foreign influence becomes every republican's first fear . Jefferson , in Notes on the State of Virginia , writes that immigration disturbs American principles and will reduce the populace to " a heterogeneous , incoherent , distracted ...
... foreign influence becomes every republican's first fear . Jefferson , in Notes on the State of Virginia , writes that immigration disturbs American principles and will reduce the populace to " a heterogeneous , incoherent , distracted ...
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... mankind against foreign and domestic tyrants and usurpers , against arbitrary kings and cruel priests , in short , against the gates of earth and hell . It is as if these words become every writer's guide WRITING THE REVOLUTION 89.
... mankind against foreign and domestic tyrants and usurpers , against arbitrary kings and cruel priests , in short , against the gates of earth and hell . It is as if these words become every writer's guide WRITING THE REVOLUTION 89.
Halaman 178
... foreign to my business . " The moral issues in slavery are more intrinsic to preaching , and ministers never lose their right to comment , but their capacity to speak in politically effective forums dwindles in the early Republic , and ...
... foreign to my business . " The moral issues in slavery are more intrinsic to preaching , and ministers never lose their right to comment , but their capacity to speak in politically effective forums dwindles in the early Republic , and ...
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What Is Enlightenment? Some American Answers | 22 |
Religious Voices | 44 |
Writing the Revolution | 80 |
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