The American Revelation: Ten Ideals That Shaped Our Country from the Puritans to the Cold WarSt. Martin's Publishing Group, 1 apr 2007 - 272 pagina's Neil Baldwin, one of the most exciting intellectual historians, has written extensively about the great thinkers and innovators who have shaped our unique American identity. In THE AMERICAN REVELATION, he turns his energies to the unfolding story of how the American spirit developed over 400 years. |
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... societies which are free of sin ? No , I don't . Do I think ours is , on balance , incomparably the most hopeful set of human relations the world has ? Yes , I do . -Daniel Patrick Moynihan , 1975 America isn't bound together by emotion ...
... society at large . Emerson's philosophy advocated truthful introspection as the foundation for integrity in the wider world . In 1841 , living with his family in the quiet sanctuary of the Concord woods , he published the essay " Self ...
... society . -Edmund S. Morgan , The Puritan Dilemma : The Story of John Winthrop ( Preface to First Edition , 1958 ) S unday , the Lord's Day , June 6 , 1630 , dawned at sea with raw wind , rain , fog , and cold , six leagues west of the ...
... Society of the Inner Temple , between Fleet Street and the river Thames . He worked there for the next two years and kept a special note- book composed of phrases he heard in noteworthy sermons . On March 10 , 1629 , Charles I dismissed ...
... in the manuscript collection of The New - York Historical Society.24 The first section of the speech was only four lines , laying out the " Model Hereof " in the title . Winthrop used the word 16 The American Revelation.
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E PLURIBUS UNUM Pierre Eugène Du Simitière 1776 | 43 |
SELFRELIANCE Ralph Waldo Emerson 1841 | 61 |
MANIFEST DESTINY John L OSullivan 1845 286 | 79 |
PROGRESS AND POVERTY Henry George 1879 | 99 |
THE SPHERE OF ACTION Jane Addams 1902 | 121 |
THE MELTINGPOT Israel Zangwill 1908 | 143 |
THE NEGRO IN OUR HISTORY | 163 |
THE MARSHALL PLAN George C Marshall 1947 | 183 |
A Sense of History | 205 |
Bibliography | 235 |
Illustration Acknowledgments and Permissions | 255 |
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