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... answer to the meaning of the Civil War , an answer which had hitherto eluded him because he had for long perceived his duty as constitutionally limited to action designed to restore the Union , hoping always that the states would heed ...
... answer to the meaning of the Civil War , an answer which had hitherto eluded him because he had for long perceived his duty as constitutionally limited to action designed to restore the Union , hoping always that the states would heed ...
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... answer yet to the question of American identity ? Speaking of it to the New Jersey senators in Trenton about the Rev- olutionary War , he said he would be most happy to “ be an humble instrument in the hands of the Almighty , and of ...
... answer yet to the question of American identity ? Speaking of it to the New Jersey senators in Trenton about the Rev- olutionary War , he said he would be most happy to “ be an humble instrument in the hands of the Almighty , and of ...
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... answer . That scrupulosity seems comic today in our much deepened secularization of culture and explosion of knowledge ; our aims and hopes have become more modest . We have all been chastened by events . SECULARISM CHALLENGES ...
... answer . That scrupulosity seems comic today in our much deepened secularization of culture and explosion of knowledge ; our aims and hopes have become more modest . We have all been chastened by events . SECULARISM CHALLENGES ...
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Lincoln and the Debate about Civil Religion | 41 |
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