Author: Perry Miller
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1447496817
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
In 1928, as a graduate student at the University of Chicago, I unaccountably found John Winthrop’s Journal exerting upon me a baneful spell. I resisted manfully, as long as I could, but Governor Winthrop irresistibly lured me to the brink of commitment, and so I threw myself from the precipice of twentieth-century prejudice into the maelstrom of his epoch. One of my most revered instructors tried to prevent me. This, he said, was an ignis fatuus. All the hay of New England Puritanism had been threshed. I would wreck my career, even before it commenced, crawling through the dry stubble hoping to pick up stray gleanings. His counsel was generous and, furthermore, seemed at that time the soul of prudence. Some perversity of temper would not let me yield. Another beloved teacher, Percy Holmes Boynton, encouraged me to risk the try. Without him, I would have faltered. As I now look back on that academic drama, I realize that he was working on the principle which always made his tuition exciting: namely, that a student should be given enough rope to hang himself, if this he was resolved to do. Wherefore I dedicated the book to him. Wherefore I have endeavored to accord the same privilege to my own students.
Orthodoxy in Massachusetts 1630-1950
Author: Perry Miller
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1447496817
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
In 1928, as a graduate student at the University of Chicago, I unaccountably found John Winthrop’s Journal exerting upon me a baneful spell. I resisted manfully, as long as I could, but Governor Winthrop irresistibly lured me to the brink of commitment, and so I threw myself from the precipice of twentieth-century prejudice into the maelstrom of his epoch. One of my most revered instructors tried to prevent me. This, he said, was an ignis fatuus. All the hay of New England Puritanism had been threshed. I would wreck my career, even before it commenced, crawling through the dry stubble hoping to pick up stray gleanings. His counsel was generous and, furthermore, seemed at that time the soul of prudence. Some perversity of temper would not let me yield. Another beloved teacher, Percy Holmes Boynton, encouraged me to risk the try. Without him, I would have faltered. As I now look back on that academic drama, I realize that he was working on the principle which always made his tuition exciting: namely, that a student should be given enough rope to hang himself, if this he was resolved to do. Wherefore I dedicated the book to him. Wherefore I have endeavored to accord the same privilege to my own students.
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1447496817
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
In 1928, as a graduate student at the University of Chicago, I unaccountably found John Winthrop’s Journal exerting upon me a baneful spell. I resisted manfully, as long as I could, but Governor Winthrop irresistibly lured me to the brink of commitment, and so I threw myself from the precipice of twentieth-century prejudice into the maelstrom of his epoch. One of my most revered instructors tried to prevent me. This, he said, was an ignis fatuus. All the hay of New England Puritanism had been threshed. I would wreck my career, even before it commenced, crawling through the dry stubble hoping to pick up stray gleanings. His counsel was generous and, furthermore, seemed at that time the soul of prudence. Some perversity of temper would not let me yield. Another beloved teacher, Percy Holmes Boynton, encouraged me to risk the try. Without him, I would have faltered. As I now look back on that academic drama, I realize that he was working on the principle which always made his tuition exciting: namely, that a student should be given enough rope to hang himself, if this he was resolved to do. Wherefore I dedicated the book to him. Wherefore I have endeavored to accord the same privilege to my own students.
Orthodoxy in Massachusetts, 1630-1650
Author: Perry Miller
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
Orthodoxy in Massachusetts 1630-50
Orthodoxy in Massachusetts, 1630-1650
Author: Perry Miller
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780674181137
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780674181137
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Orthodoxy in Massachusetts 1630-1650
Author: Perry Miller
Publisher: Peter Smith Publisher
ISBN: 9780844613123
Category : Congregational churches in Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
Publisher: Peter Smith Publisher
ISBN: 9780844613123
Category : Congregational churches in Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
Orthodoxy in Massachusetts, 1630-1650. With a New Pref. by the Author
Author: Perry Miller
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
Orthodoxy in Massachusetts, 1630-1750
Author: Perry Miller
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Congregational churches
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Congregational churches
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Orthodoxy in Massachusetts 1630 1950 - Primary Source Edition
Author: Perry Miller
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781294053132
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781294053132
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Orthodoxy in Massachusetts, 1630-1650
Author: Perry Miller
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Congregational churches
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Congregational churches
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
"A Mixed Form"
Author: James Fenimore Cooper
Publisher:
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Category : Church and state
Languages : en
Pages : 230
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ISBN:
Category : Church and state
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description