Father Past and Child Nation: The Romantic Imagination and the Origins of the American Civil War |
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Page 62
... dramatically precise turn in the utopian communes that were 30 31 Ibid . Thoreau , " Natural History of Massachusetts , " in Excursions ( Boston , 1863 ) , p . 71 . arranged in phalanxes according to the teachings of Charles Fourier 62.
... dramatically precise turn in the utopian communes that were 30 31 Ibid . Thoreau , " Natural History of Massachusetts , " in Excursions ( Boston , 1863 ) , p . 71 . arranged in phalanxes according to the teachings of Charles Fourier 62.
Page 74
... turn against them . For Cooper , personal disobedience is far worse than the political disobedience that leads to it in Colonel Howard's analogy . When his son is disrespect- ful during the Revolution , a character in another Cooper ...
... turn against them . For Cooper , personal disobedience is far worse than the political disobedience that leads to it in Colonel Howard's analogy . When his son is disrespect- ful during the Revolution , a character in another Cooper ...
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... turn . One day the king walks up to Israel and engages him in conversation . When Israel does not take off his hat ... turns out , is Benjamin Franklin , and from this point on this saga of the Revolution becomes a statement by 39 . 40 ...
... turn . One day the king walks up to Israel and engages him in conversation . When Israel does not take off his hat ... turns out , is Benjamin Franklin , and from this point on this saga of the Revolution becomes a statement by 39 . 40 ...
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