"In God We Trust": The Religious Beliefs and Ideas of the American Founding FathersNorman Cousins Harper, 1958 - 464 Seiten This book is about the religious beliefs and personal philosophies of the small company of young men who founded the new nation that called itself the United States of America. Much is known about their political ideas--but what about their own articles of faith and individual philosophies? This question has served as the basis for speculation and often conflicting theory, especially in connection with recurring issues facing the American people. This is the first time these materials have been brought together into a single source. In these pages they speak their minds; they also speak to the spiritual concerns of our own time. Norman Cousins has examined literally thousands of letters, personal diaries and official pronouncements in making the selections for this book. As part of each chapter, he has also written an essay on the education and general background of each man.--From publisher description. |
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... liberty . " Will you be so good as to give me a logical , mathematical , or moral , or any other definition of this phrase , “ moral liberty ; " and to tell me who is to exercise this " liberty ; " and by what principle or system of ...
... liberty . " Will you be so good as to give me a logical , mathematical , or moral , or any other definition of this phrase , “ moral liberty ; " and to tell me who is to exercise this " liberty ; " and by what principle or system of ...
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... liberty , that would have been rendered by the encyclopedists and economists , by Voltaire , D'Alembert , Buffon ... Liberty was a word without a meaning . There was no liberty in the universe ; liberty was a word void of sense . Every ...
... liberty , that would have been rendered by the encyclopedists and economists , by Voltaire , D'Alembert , Buffon ... Liberty was a word without a meaning . There was no liberty in the universe ; liberty was a word void of sense . Every ...
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... liberty and property . I verily believe the frequent assaults that have been made on America ( Boston especially ) will in the end prove of real advantage . If the Church of England had been the established and general religion in all ...
... liberty and property . I verily believe the frequent assaults that have been made on America ( Boston especially ) will in the end prove of real advantage . If the Church of England had been the established and general religion in all ...
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THE RESPONSIVE MEN | 1 |
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN | 16 |
GEORGE WASHINGTON | 44 |
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