American Thought and Writing: The Revolution and the early RepublicRussel Blaine Nye, Norman S. Grabo Houghton Mifflin, 1965 |
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... existence of governments and were su- perior to them . They were , as Thomas Paine called them , " those rights which always appertain to man in right of his existence . " These rights were never exactly enumerated and defined , but ...
... existence of governments and were su- perior to them . They were , as Thomas Paine called them , " those rights which always appertain to man in right of his existence . " These rights were never exactly enumerated and defined , but ...
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... existence . If the subtilty of thought , and the difficulty of moral dis- crimination , have in many cases presented to human investigation a barrier to farther progress ; the intentional malignant descriptions of superstition have , in ...
... existence . If the subtilty of thought , and the difficulty of moral dis- crimination , have in many cases presented to human investigation a barrier to farther progress ; the intentional malignant descriptions of superstition have , in ...
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... existence of man , and flies in the face of universal experience . Facts are at war with this scriptural declaration , and it is impossible to reduce the sentiment to practice , without producing in common life the grossest violation of ...
... existence of man , and flies in the face of universal experience . Facts are at war with this scriptural declaration , and it is impossible to reduce the sentiment to practice , without producing in common life the grossest violation of ...
Inhalt
INTRODUCTION | xi |
A NOTE ON THE TEXTS | xxxix |
Jonathan Mayhew | 3 |
Urheberrecht | |
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Adams Age of Reason American ANDRÉ army authority believe Britain British called cause character Charles Brockden Brown Charlotte Temple citizens civil colonies colonists common Congress constitution Convention danger Declaration defend Deism democracy duty effect election elective monarchy enemies England equal established Europe evil existence experience faction force foreign France Franklin French Revolution give governors happiness heaven hereditary honor human ideas independence interest Jefferson Joel Barlow John John Adams John Dickinson justice king language laws letter liberty mankind means ment mind monarchy moral nation nature never object opinion oppression Paine Parliament passions peace Pennsylvania persons Philadelphia Philip Freneau political present principles reason religion republic republican respect Revolution Samuel Adams sense society spirit TEXT things Thomas Jefferson Thomas Paine thou thought tion truth union United virtue whole wisdom writing wrote