In Defense of Historical Literature: Essays on American History, Autobiography, Drama, and Fiction |
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Page 62
... remember that the Protestant ethic combines the profit motive with religious duty , we should remember that in Franklin's day ( as in John Winthrop's before him ) it also obliged one to use one's fortune , and one's own person , in ...
... remember that the Protestant ethic combines the profit motive with religious duty , we should remember that in Franklin's day ( as in John Winthrop's before him ) it also obliged one to use one's fortune , and one's own person , in ...
Page 95
... Remember Winster seems tenuous . The Devil offers at first to abandon his assault on the village if Remember will yield to him , but the symbolic connection between this fantasy and an average citi- zen's responsibility for what ...
... Remember Winster seems tenuous . The Devil offers at first to abandon his assault on the village if Remember will yield to him , but the symbolic connection between this fantasy and an average citi- zen's responsibility for what ...
Page 126
... remember how long it took the family to move from one region to the other , but he remembers that his drunken father was less and less civilly treated in the taverns as the family approached the coast , and that his father was thrown ...
... remember how long it took the family to move from one region to the other , but he remembers that his drunken father was less and less civilly treated in the taverns as the family approached the coast , and that his father was thrown ...
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