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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... asks Jefferson two years later . " Is it to extinguish all the Lights of its Predecessor ? " Of all the founders , Adams senses the greatest difficulty in seeing his country . As vice - president he tells Benjamin Rush that the ...
... asks Jefferson two years later . " Is it to extinguish all the Lights of its Predecessor ? " Of all the founders , Adams senses the greatest difficulty in seeing his country . As vice - president he tells Benjamin Rush that the ...
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... asks Tennent . " In Truth , a very stinking One , both in the Nostrils of God and good men . " Among other things , " they have not the Courage , or Honesty to thrust the Nail of Terror into sleeping Souls . " His condemnations lead ...
... asks Tennent . " In Truth , a very stinking One , both in the Nostrils of God and good men . " Among other things , " they have not the Courage , or Honesty to thrust the Nail of Terror into sleeping Souls . " His condemnations lead ...
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... ask for their rights . It may be that Thomas Paine , as the angriest revolutionary , comes closest among men to writing out the plight of women in the revolutionary period , but he also robs them of all access to his most vital emotion ...
... ask for their rights . It may be that Thomas Paine , as the angriest revolutionary , comes closest among men to writing out the plight of women in the revolutionary period , but he also robs them of all access to his most vital emotion ...
Contents
What Is Enlightenment? Some American Answers | 22 |
Religious Voices | 44 |
Writing the Revolution | 80 |
Copyright | |
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