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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... appears that the apostle Thomas did not believe the resurrection , and , as they say , would not believe without having ocular and manual demonstration himself , so neither will I , and Paine puts the last phrase in italics . As to the ...
... appears that the apostle Thomas did not believe the resurrection , and , as they say , would not believe without having ocular and manual demonstration himself , so neither will I , and Paine puts the last phrase in italics . As to the ...
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... appears in humanity is solely the result of being somehow ex- posed to a better environment or conditioning . But ... appear . How does the moral sense fit into the machine ? In all Twain's discussions of the moral sense he seems to ...
... appears in humanity is solely the result of being somehow ex- posed to a better environment or conditioning . But ... appear . How does the moral sense fit into the machine ? In all Twain's discussions of the moral sense he seems to ...
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... appears that in Frost God is either a hu- man construct or a being so remote from man as to be meaning- less . The universe is indifferent to man's fate , though the poet nourishes a secret hope that astronomical vastness and the in ...
... appears that in Frost God is either a hu- man construct or a being so remote from man as to be meaning- less . The universe is indifferent to man's fate , though the poet nourishes a secret hope that astronomical vastness and the in ...
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Tom Paine and Republican Religion | 1 |
Irving Bryant Cooper | 24 |
Transcendentalism and Emerson | 48 |
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