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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... better , far better , that we admitted , if it were possible , a thousand devils to roam at large , and to preach publicly the doc- trine of devils , if there were any such , than that we permitted one such imposter and monster as Moses ...
... better , far better , that we admitted , if it were possible , a thousand devils to roam at large , and to preach publicly the doc- trine of devils , if there were any such , than that we permitted one such imposter and monster as Moses ...
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... better instead of the worst qualities of the two people [ Indians and whites ] [ He was a man endowed with the choicest and perhaps rarest gift of nature ; that of distinguishing good from evil His vir- tues were those of simplicity ...
... better instead of the worst qualities of the two people [ Indians and whites ] [ He was a man endowed with the choicest and perhaps rarest gift of nature ; that of distinguishing good from evil His vir- tues were those of simplicity ...
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... better acquainted with sinfulness than he is with salvation . Nevada , when Twain went there , was a boom - and - bust frontier area , and so were the parts of California he knew . The Hawaiian Islands were less crude , but at this time ...
... better acquainted with sinfulness than he is with salvation . Nevada , when Twain went there , was a boom - and - bust frontier area , and so were the parts of California he knew . The Hawaiian Islands were less crude , but at this time ...
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Tom Paine and Republican Religion | 1 |
Irving Bryant Cooper | 24 |
Transcendentalism and Emerson | 48 |
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