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The 2000 Presidential election, Cotton Mather, Crèvecoeur are just some of the topics discussed in these writings.

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summaries

• "Michel-Guillaume Saint-Jean de Crèvecoeur and the Great Desideratum" uses the contemporaneous and dominant cyclical theory of history to explain some of the more curious aspects of this work.

• "Discovering the Unity Among the Parts and the Interweaving of Themes in Cotton Mather's Wonders of the Invisible World" takes a new look at Mather's so-called defense of the Salem witchcraft trials.

• "Letters on the 2000 Presidential Election" examines some of the commentary on that highly controversial election and points out where the commentators showed their ignorance of American history.

Future topics:
  • Commentary on the works of Thomas F. Torrance
  • Commentary on Thomas Coles' "Course of Empire"


Quotation:

“[E]verything is submitted to the power of the strongest... Benignity, moderation, and justice are virtues adapted only to the humble paths of life; we love to talk of virtue and to admire its beauty while in the shade of solitude and retirement, but when we step forth into active life, if it happen to be in competition with any passion or desire, do we observe it to prevail?”

Crèvecoeur

 

other sources

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in the news, above, has some of my daily accessed news sites. Click on the + to expand and the x to close.

Below are some links to other interesting sites.

Project Gutenberg

College Bowl Games

College Football Scores

American Memory

Baseball Reference

Octopus News Magazine

English Language Resources

Here is a very funny politcial site. I must warn Bush supporters that the content may offend.

Bush in 30 seconds.

 

 

  
 

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