The American Enlightenment, 1750-1820Harvard University Press, 1997 - 220 страница This concise literary history of the American Enlightenment captures the varied and conflicting voices of religious and political conviction in the decades when the new nation was formed. Robert Ferguson's trenchant interpretation yields new understanding of this pivotal period for American culture. |
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... things that pertains to human society ; yea , it is one of the most beautiful and happy things on earth , which indeed makes earth most like heaven . " This " strange revolution " of Edwardsian revivalism , happiness out of distress ...
... things that pertains to human society ; yea , it is one of the most beautiful and happy things on earth , which indeed makes earth most like heaven . " This " strange revolution " of Edwardsian revivalism , happiness out of distress ...
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... things " ; it marks the beginning of “ a continental form of government " that will make America “ the glory of the ... thing is , the less liable it is to be disordered , and the easier repaired when disordered . " Reconciliation ...
... things " ; it marks the beginning of “ a continental form of government " that will make America “ the glory of the ... thing is , the less liable it is to be disordered , and the easier repaired when disordered . " Reconciliation ...
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... thing made so as to inclose or admit something else , " " order ; regularity ; adjusted series or disposition ... things , but most particularly it encloses and , thereby , creates form in the midst of chaos . Without the weaver's ...
... thing made so as to inclose or admit something else , " " order ; regularity ; adjusted series or disposition ... things , but most particularly it encloses and , thereby , creates form in the midst of chaos . Without the weaver's ...
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What Is Enlightenment? Some American Answers | 22 |
Religious Voices | 44 |
Writing the Revolution | 80 |
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