The Democratic Spirit: A Collection of American Writings from the Earliest Times to the Present DayBernard Smith A. A. Knopf, 1941 - 927 pages |
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... human beings for which I am now pleading . The great are honored at the expense of their race . They absorb and con- centrate the world's admiration , and their less gifted fellow - beings are thrown by their brightness into a deeper ...
... human beings for which I am now pleading . The great are honored at the expense of their race . They absorb and con- centrate the world's admiration , and their less gifted fellow - beings are thrown by their brightness into a deeper ...
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... human nature which is common to all , and set forth its claims to reverence . But , leaving this wide range , I observe that there is one principle of the soul which makes all men essentially equal , which places all on a level as to ...
... human nature which is common to all , and set forth its claims to reverence . But , leaving this wide range , I observe that there is one principle of the soul which makes all men essentially equal , which places all on a level as to ...
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... human nature and of Christianity , you will see the grounds of the solemn obligation of honoring all men , of attaching infinite importance to human nature , and of respecting it , even in its present infant , feeble , tottering state ...
... human nature and of Christianity , you will see the grounds of the solemn obligation of honoring all men , of attaching infinite importance to human nature , and of respecting it , even in its present infant , feeble , tottering state ...
Contents
ROGER WILLIAMS 1603?1683 | 5 |
BACONS MAN 1676 | 13 |
JOHN WISE 16521725 | 20 |
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