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Page 28
... meaning of Mr. Handlin's experiment is central to his theme : he examines immigration not from the position of the established community receiving strangers but from the view- point of the strangers from the time they leave home until ...
... meaning of Mr. Handlin's experiment is central to his theme : he examines immigration not from the position of the established community receiving strangers but from the view- point of the strangers from the time they leave home until ...
Page 62
... was the Puritan custom , moreover , to improve every opportunity to find moral instruction and signs of universal meaning in particular experience . Franklin himself de- scribes 62 IN DEFENSE OF HISTORICAL LITERATURE.
... was the Puritan custom , moreover , to improve every opportunity to find moral instruction and signs of universal meaning in particular experience . Franklin himself de- scribes 62 IN DEFENSE OF HISTORICAL LITERATURE.
Page 111
... meaning of natural signs , Hawthorne does not let us forget that the meaning of external nature , like the facts and meaning of human history and the world of human psychology , remains a mystery . Is the forest the domain of evil or ...
... meaning of natural signs , Hawthorne does not let us forget that the meaning of external nature , like the facts and meaning of human history and the world of human psychology , remains a mystery . Is the forest the domain of evil or ...
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