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... question of our nation's identity and mean- ing . Do we any longer know or care to know who we are and where we may be going ? Is there any longer an answer to this question , or should we just stop asking the question ? In this book ...
... question of our nation's identity and mean- ing . Do we any longer know or care to know who we are and where we may be going ? Is there any longer an answer to this question , or should we just stop asking the question ? In this book ...
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... 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 this , his almost ...
... 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 this , his almost ...
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... question , and his revelation - the Bible- gives none , or , at most , none but such as admits of a squabble , as to its meaning . So , at last , it comes to this , that Dr. Ross is to decide the question . And while he Lincoln and ...
... question , and his revelation - the Bible- gives none , or , at most , none but such as admits of a squabble , as to its meaning . So , at last , it comes to this , that Dr. Ross is to decide the question . And while he Lincoln and ...
Contents
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CHAPTER 3 | 26 |
Lincoln and the Debate about Civil Religion | 41 |
Copyright | |
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