Patriotic Gore: Studies in the Literature of the American Civil WarFeaturing critical and biographical portraits of notable figures of the American Civil War, Patriotic Gore remains one of Edmund Wilson's greatest achievements. Considered one of the 100 Best Nonfiction books by The Modern Library. |
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... ; Lenin believed in “History,” which had become, in the Marxist philosophy, a kind of substitute for the Protestant Providence; Lincoln talked sometimes, like Lenin, of History, sometimes, like Bismarck, of God, and he was always aware,
... ; Lenin believed in “History,” which had become, in the Marxist philosophy, a kind of substitute for the Protestant Providence; Lincoln talked sometimes, like Lenin, of History, sometimes, like Bismarck, of God, and he was always aware,
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... become our official policy. Whenever we engage in a war or move in on some other country, it is always to liberate somebody. Let us follow our further expansion. Having occupied a broad strip of the continent, we purchased Alaska from ...
... become our official policy. Whenever we engage in a war or move in on some other country, it is always to liberate somebody. Let us follow our further expansion. Having occupied a broad strip of the continent, we purchased Alaska from ...
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... become a new power unit expanding across the Pacific and making us uneasy about the Philippines. It is true that we were also fearful lest Germany might threaten us across the Atlantic if she succeeded in defeating England and managed ...
... become a new power unit expanding across the Pacific and making us uneasy about the Philippines. It is true that we were also fearful lest Germany might threaten us across the Atlantic if she succeeded in defeating England and managed ...
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... becoming practically insane; moreover, that it was a subject of such delicacy that no discussion of it could be held ... become, is controlling and coordinating their interrelations. Though there is much that is exciting in Uncle Tom's ...
... becoming practically insane; moreover, that it was a subject of such delicacy that no discussion of it could be held ... become, is controlling and coordinating their interrelations. Though there is much that is exciting in Uncle Tom's ...
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... become Abolitionists. The Stowes a little later took into their household a colored girl who said she was free but ... becoming involved with church politics. An exacerbated controversy was going on between the Princeton Theological ...
... become Abolitionists. The Stowes a little later took into their household a colored girl who said she was free but ... becoming involved with church politics. An exacerbated controversy was going on between the Princeton Theological ...
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