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Page 47
... called American way of life . Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address illustrates for Mead the element of judgment in this religion . He makes Lincoln the representative and profound theologian of the religion of the Republic as he had ...
... called American way of life . Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address illustrates for Mead the element of judgment in this religion . He makes Lincoln the representative and profound theologian of the religion of the Republic as he had ...
Page 79
... vied with each other to dissociate themselves from what Garrison called " a misguided , wild , and apparently insane effort . " Rejecting the advice of the town radicals that the time was not favorable for discussion , Thoreau.
... vied with each other to dissociate themselves from what Garrison called " a misguided , wild , and apparently insane effort . " Rejecting the advice of the town radicals that the time was not favorable for discussion , Thoreau.
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... called " the develop- ment theory " led him to appreciate Darwin's Origin of Species . Perhaps the substitution of " ecological philoso- pher " for his own " natural philosopher to boot " would be the better translation . Thoreau ...
... called " the develop- ment theory " led him to appreciate Darwin's Origin of Species . Perhaps the substitution of " ecological philoso- pher " for his own " natural philosopher to boot " would be the better translation . Thoreau ...
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Lincoln and the Debate about Civil Religion | 41 |
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