Father Past and Child Nation: The Romantic Imagination and the Origins of the American Civil War |
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... Reason ... has been born , " begins to analyze emotions , and " the heart , mourning over their loss , endeavors to renew their existence for a time , by giving expression to the images they have left upon the soul . " " Reason ...
... Reason ... has been born , " begins to analyze emotions , and " the heart , mourning over their loss , endeavors to renew their existence for a time , by giving expression to the images they have left upon the soul . " " Reason ...
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... reason ; the other is , to show that great men in former times have thought so and so , and thus to pass it by the 31 weight of pure authority . " Lincoln knew , of course , that there were many fathers , and that these fathers not only ...
... reason ; the other is , to show that great men in former times have thought so and so , and thus to pass it by the 31 weight of pure authority . " Lincoln knew , of course , that there were many fathers , and that these fathers not only ...
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... Reason , cold , calculating , unimpassioned reason , must furnish all the materials for 27 our future support and defence . Passion was like the hero : useful once but dangerous now . Reason would combat passion and the good sons would ...
... Reason , cold , calculating , unimpassioned reason , must furnish all the materials for 27 our future support and defence . Passion was like the hero : useful once but dangerous now . Reason would combat passion and the good sons would ...
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