Belief and Disbelief in American LiteratureTom Paine and republican religion -- Landscape as religion: Irving, Bryant, Cooper -- Transcendentalism and Emerson -- The cosmic optimism of Walt Whitman -- The pessimism of Mark Twain -- The cosmic loneliness of Robert Frost. |
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... mind Roswell was made to see that Christianity admitted no half - way belief . . . . why should not Christ be the Son of God ? ... the necessity for the great expiation occurred to his mind . . . . Had not science gradually discovered ...
... mind Roswell was made to see that Christianity admitted no half - way belief . . . . why should not Christ be the Son of God ? ... the necessity for the great expiation occurred to his mind . . . . Had not science gradually discovered ...
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... mind that was not previously in the senses , is all very well in its way . It will enable you to earn money , avoid being run over , converse on practical problems with your neigh- bor . It lets you deal with the world of things as they ...
... mind that was not previously in the senses , is all very well in its way . It will enable you to earn money , avoid being run over , converse on practical problems with your neigh- bor . It lets you deal with the world of things as they ...
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... mind an end in itself . At its lowest and meanest level it sustains life as biology , life as commerce , life as politics ; and though even to the commonplace mind the life of material nature is regulated by uniform law and that law ...
... mind an end in itself . At its lowest and meanest level it sustains life as biology , life as commerce , life as politics ; and though even to the commonplace mind the life of material nature is regulated by uniform law and that law ...
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Tom Paine and Republican Religion | 1 |
Irving Bryant Cooper | 24 |
Transcendentalism and Emerson | 48 |
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