The Unwritten War: American Writers and the Civil WarKnopf, 1973 - 385 páginas |
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... moral , to lop off the most dis- eased portion and establish a slaveless republic . In the fifties , a handful of New England intellectuals willingly accepted this possi- bility and discounted presaged calamities . That is why the ...
... moral , to lop off the most dis- eased portion and establish a slaveless republic . In the fifties , a handful of New England intellectuals willingly accepted this possi- bility and discounted presaged calamities . That is why the ...
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... moral gyroscope , kept him steady . Confident that every evil produced a countervailing good , it took him little time to search out and to discover the benefit of battles . Why did these monstrous events occur ? And what would be the ...
... moral gyroscope , kept him steady . Confident that every evil produced a countervailing good , it took him little time to search out and to discover the benefit of battles . Why did these monstrous events occur ? And what would be the ...
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... moral grounds , but so long as Lincoln hesitated to recom- mend it , Emerson offered cogent practical reasons why the abolition of slavery would bolster the Union cause in America and abroad and weaken the Southern foe . War aroused a ...
... moral grounds , but so long as Lincoln hesitated to recom- mend it , Emerson offered cogent practical reasons why the abolition of slavery would bolster the Union cause in America and abroad and weaken the Southern foe . War aroused a ...
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THEY BREAK THE LINKS OF UNION I | 1 |
The Wholesome Calamity | 14 |
A PHILOSOPHICAL VIEW OF | 39 |
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