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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...goes on to insinuate that Washington lent his influence to the perpetuation of religion in spite of this assumed fact, because he was an "able politician." This is to brand Washington a hypocrite. There are many pages in his public addresses and messages which no Deist could sincerely have written. Take, for example, the passage in his message to the governors of the States when disbanding the army, June 8, 1783, beginning "I now make it my earnest prayer, that God would have you and the State over which you preside, in his Holy protection. . . ." To assert, however indirectly, that...
...Nations† and argued for the abandonment of Christianity. The Six Nations are a remnant, they are poor and they are despised by the whites, complained the leaders. Their present status, they said, began when the French Jesuits brought them Christianity. Of course the Indians, with little written knowledge of Canadian history, did not know that their subjection began, not with the coming of white priests, but with the appearance of white trappers, traders, merchants...
...glance at the index which lies behind the thirty chapters of America Finding Herself will largely reveal the method of the book. All the authors, actors, books that influenced people or interested them 20 years ago are written down under separate headings. Twenty-three of the games that children used to play are listed by name. Under the heading "Plays," there are 104 titles; under "Songs...
...process at the present time one of the most interesting experiments ever attempted in historical writings. Mark Sullivan has once more come forth with a volume which psycho-analyzes in terms of newspaper headlines, once current fads and fancies, forgotten manias, previous eras of the United States. He has written not exactly a history but rather the evolution of a popular mentality. Having begun this peculiar method of examination in "The Turn-Of-A-Century" the first part of that work called in entirely "Our Times", he continues it in the second part, "America Finding Herself...
These lectures, which are open to all members of the University, were founded three years ago by the Graduate Schools Society of the Phillips Brooks House Association. Opportunity is offered at all of the meetings for written questions, which will be answered by the lecturer as long as time permits...