Author: Alexander V.G. AllenPublisher:
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Languages : en
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Phillips Brooks 1835-1893, Memories of his Life with Extracts From His Letters and Note-Books
Author: Alexander V.G. AllenThe Clergy in American Life and Letters
Author: Daniel Dulany AddisonPublisher: [New York] Macmillan 1900.
ISBN:
Category : Clergy
Languages : en
Pages : 424
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Executive Documents
Author: OhioOur Mercies of Re-Occupation
Author: Phillips BrooksPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780483199576
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Excerpt from Our Mercies of Re-Occupation: A Thanksgiving Sermon, Preached at the Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia, November 26, 1863 I have selected this passage for our text to-day, because, as I stand and look back over these last two years, I can find no truer description of the mercy that has filled them than just this - that it is the mercy of re-occupation. You will not find one natural blessing that we have not enjoyed for years. There is not an acre of our country now that was not ours in 1860. There is no principle of public law or social duty that was not written in our books three years ago. We hold no theories Of virtue or of truth that our fathers did not hold and leave described for us most explicitly. There is no new realm of life; but yet I believe, and I shall try to Show, that all through these last years, and espe cially through this last year, there has been a great drawing back of all of us to resume and fully occupy realms of life, blessings and duties which were never but half-occupied before. I hope to make this simple thought more plain as I go on, and to prove that I am right in stating as our appropriate subject for today, Our Mercies of Re-occupation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Catalogue of the Books and Pamphlets in the Library of Columbia College, New York
Author: Columbia College (New York, N.Y.). LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Academic libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 442
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Catalogue of Books and Pamphlets Principally Relating to America
Author: Edward P. BoonPublisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 620
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Redeeming the Great Emancipator
Author: Allen C. GuelzoPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674915046
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
The larger-than-life image Abraham Lincoln projects across the screen of American history owes much to his role as the Great Emancipator during the Civil War. Yet this noble aspect of Lincoln’s identity is precisely the dimension that some historians have cast into doubt. In a vigorous defense of America’s sixteenth president, award-winning historian and Lincoln scholar Allen Guelzo refutes accusations of Lincoln’s racism and political opportunism, while candidly probing the follies of contemporary cynicism and the constraints of today’s unexamined faith in the liberating powers of individual autonomy. Redeeming the Great Emancipator enumerates Lincoln’s anti-slavery credentials, showing that a deeply held belief in the God-given rights of all people steeled the president in his commitment to emancipation and his hope for racial reconciliation. Emancipation did not achieve complete freedom for American slaves, nor was Lincoln entirely above some of the racial prejudices of his time. Nevertheless, his conscience and moral convictions far outweighed political calculations in ultimately securing freedom for black Americans. Guelzo clarifies the historical record concerning what the Emancipation Proclamation did and did not accomplish. As a policy it was imperfect, but it was far from ineffectual, as some accounts of African American self-emancipation imply. To achieve liberation required interdependence across barriers of race and status. If we fail to recognize our debt to the sacrifices and ingenuity of all the brave men and women of the past, Guelzo says, then we deny a precious part of the American and, indeed, the human community.
Bibliotheca Americana
Author: Joseph SabinPublisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 602
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One of a Thousand
Author: John Clark RandPublisher:
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Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 724
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