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... Union as Religious Mysticism " is often cited , one suspects , more by people who have read only its haunt- ing title than the essay itself for Wilson never really estab- lished the validity of the title by exposition or argument . The ...
... Union as Religious Mysticism " is often cited , one suspects , more by people who have read only its haunt- ing title than the essay itself for Wilson never really estab- lished the validity of the title by exposition or argument . The ...
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... Union rose to the sublimity of religious mysticism " [ Wilson 1954 , 197 ] . References to the union as religious mysticism are not as plentiful as some who refer to the essay might lead us to think . Sometimes Lincoln's speech in ...
... Union rose to the sublimity of religious mysticism " [ Wilson 1954 , 197 ] . References to the union as religious mysticism are not as plentiful as some who refer to the essay might lead us to think . Sometimes Lincoln's speech in ...
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... Union ; and that the sole object of government , civil and military , in regard to those States is to again get them into that proper prac- tical relation . I believe it is not only possible , but in fact , easier , to do this , without ...
... Union ; and that the sole object of government , civil and military , in regard to those States is to again get them into that proper prac- tical relation . I believe it is not only possible , but in fact , easier , to do this , without ...
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CHAPTER 3 | 26 |
Lincoln and the Debate about Civil Religion | 41 |
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