Father Past and Child Nation: The Romantic Imagination and the Origins of the American Civil War |
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... tion economically , there is no reason to believe that such a showing would have led southerners to disband the institu- Slavery , of course , was far more than an economic tion . proposition . It was also a successful device both to ...
... tion economically , there is no reason to believe that such a showing would have led southerners to disband the institu- Slavery , of course , was far more than an economic tion . proposition . It was also a successful device both to ...
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... tion at Harvard , where he quickly earned a reputation as a brilliant teacher . The young Ralph Waldo Emerson thought Everett's the greatest mind he had ever encountered ( and spent the rest of his life trying to figure out how 93.
... tion at Harvard , where he quickly earned a reputation as a brilliant teacher . The young Ralph Waldo Emerson thought Everett's the greatest mind he had ever encountered ( and spent the rest of his life trying to figure out how 93.
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... tion . We would teach the personal narrative of our revolu- tion in our schools ; we would make it so completely elementary and systematic , that no one would dare to neglect it . 41 Imitation seemed attractively simple because the ...
... tion . We would teach the personal narrative of our revolu- tion in our schools ; we would make it so completely elementary and systematic , that no one would dare to neglect it . 41 Imitation seemed attractively simple because the ...
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