Father Past and Child Nation: The Romantic Imagination and the Origins of the American Civil War |
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Page 82
... Revolutionary Age had not ended ; the dream life of the nation imposed itself " There on events . As Edward Everett later recalled , the 1820s was the happiest period in the life of his generation because " our heroic age " had been ...
... Revolutionary Age had not ended ; the dream life of the nation imposed itself " There on events . As Edward Everett later recalled , the 1820s was the happiest period in the life of his generation because " our heroic age " had been ...
Page 83
... revolutionary leader from north of the Potomac ; brilliant propagandist , persuasive advocate of independence , maker of peace . Then came Jefferson , " the personified Spirit author of the Declaration of Independence ; then of the Age ...
... revolutionary leader from north of the Potomac ; brilliant propagandist , persuasive advocate of independence , maker of peace . Then came Jefferson , " the personified Spirit author of the Declaration of Independence ; then of the Age ...
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... revolutionary heroes " were ploughing when the news of the massacre at Lexington arrived , and straightaway left their ploughs in the furrow , and repaired to the scene The most famous of these was Israel Putnam , of action . " 70 the ...
... revolutionary heroes " were ploughing when the news of the massacre at Lexington arrived , and straightaway left their ploughs in the furrow , and repaired to the scene The most famous of these was Israel Putnam , of action . " 70 the ...
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