The American Enlightenment, 1750-1820This 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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... Convention , " he writes to Hamilton on July 10th , " and do therefore repent having had any agency in the business . " Framing is that act of agency depersonalized , the very method of establishing common ground or good form . As noun ...
... Convention , " he writes to Hamilton on July 10th , " and do therefore repent having had any agency in the business . " Framing is that act of agency depersonalized , the very method of establishing common ground or good form . As noun ...
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... Convention . " In these and other exhortations , the framers define a special purpose . They engage in what Herman Melville will later term " the shock of recognition , " the moment in which creativity takes its own measure to move ...
... Convention . " In these and other exhortations , the framers define a special purpose . They engage in what Herman Melville will later term " the shock of recognition , " the moment in which creativity takes its own measure to move ...
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... convention and their decision to resist the right of state ratifying conventions to alter language in the document . As Edmund Ran- dolph notes , their stance leaves the people with just two alternatives regard- ing the Constitution ...
... convention and their decision to resist the right of state ratifying conventions to alter language in the document . As Edmund Ran- dolph notes , their stance leaves the people with just two alternatives regard- ing the Constitution ...
Contents
What Is Enlightenment? Some American Answers | 22 |
Religious Voices | 44 |
Writing the Revolution | 80 |
Copyright | |
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