The American Enlightenment, 1750-1820This 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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Taken from the Latin of Horace , the congressional motto confirms an agenda in
the separate language of a self - conscious ... But taken also from the epigraph of
The Gentleman ' s Magazine , the same slogan reaches toward the popular and ...
Taken from the Latin of Horace , the congressional motto confirms an agenda in
the separate language of a self - conscious ... But taken also from the epigraph of
The Gentleman ' s Magazine , the same slogan reaches toward the popular and ...
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... and the congruences allow them to unite after more than a century of limited
contact and cultural divergence . Union , as such , need not have taken place ;
there is no single people to claim the collective identity of “ American ” in 1760 .
... and the congruences allow them to unite after more than a century of limited
contact and cultural divergence . Union , as such , need not have taken place ;
there is no single people to claim the collective identity of “ American ” in 1760 .
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I must be taken quite literally . As he tells us , “ the important question [ is ]
whether societies of men are really capable or not of establishing good
government from reflection and choice . ” Of the fourteen references to Native
Americans in The ...
I must be taken quite literally . As he tells us , “ the important question [ is ]
whether societies of men are really capable or not of establishing good
government from reflection and choice . ” Of the fourteen references to Native
Americans in The ...
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