Nineteenth Century QuestionsHoughton, Mifflin, 1897 - 368 psl. |
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Adams animals antislavery appears argument atheism Bacon believe belonged Ben Jonson body Brahmanism Buckle Buckle's Buddha Buddhism called Carlyle Catholic cause century character Charles Sumner Christianity Church civilization declared divine doctrine doubt dramatic Emerson England English evil fact faith force Fraser manuscript freedom French friends Fugitive Fugitive Slave Law genius give Goethe Harriet Martineau hero human ideas influence instinct intellectual intelligence Jesus John Quincy Adams Kelts knowledge literature living Lord Bacon lyric matter mind Miss Martineau moral nation nature never object opinion organization Parton petition philosophy plays poem poet political possessed principle progress race reason regard religion religious result reverence Roman Rousseau says seems Shakespeare skepticism slave power slaveholders slavery soul spirit story things Thomas Carlyle thought tion truth Tyndall Unitarian universal Voltaire Waddy Thompson whole Wilmot Proviso words worship write wrote
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