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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... expressing what scores of Americans were coming to believe about the destiny of the United States . III In selecting ... expression of his religious views , was written in France between 1793 and 1796. One has also to combat the Tom ...
... expressing what scores of Americans were coming to believe about the destiny of the United States . III In selecting ... expression of his religious views , was written in France between 1793 and 1796. One has also to combat the Tom ...
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... expression of religious belief : he believes in one God and in happiness beyond the grave . Here is the second article : I believe in the equality of man ; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice , loving mercy ...
... expression of religious belief : he believes in one God and in happiness beyond the grave . Here is the second article : I believe in the equality of man ; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice , loving mercy ...
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... expression of idealistic faith is possible in all cultures , being differently expressed in different times and places , for the point is not the relativity of the expression but the locus of the line that separates man from the animal ...
... expression of idealistic faith is possible in all cultures , being differently expressed in different times and places , for the point is not the relativity of the expression but the locus of the line that separates man from the animal ...
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Tom Paine and Republican Religion | 1 |
Irving Bryant Cooper | 24 |
Transcendentalism and Emerson | 48 |
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