States the sovereign authority is religious, and consequently hypocrisy must be common; but there is no country in the whole world in which the Christian religion retains a greater influence over the souls of men than in America; and there can be no greater... The Rise of Religious Liberty in America: A History - Stran 525avtor: Sanford Hoadley Cobb - 1902 - 541 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
| Alexis de Tocqueville - 1838 - 534 strani
...that he did not believe in the existence of a God^seems to be adduced to prove either his assertion that the Americans hold religion to be indispensable to the maintenance of republican institutions, — or his assertion, that if a man attacks all the sects together, every one abandons him and he remains... | |
| Alexis de Tocqueville - 1839 - 714 strani
...United States the sovereign authority is religious, and consequently hypocrisy must b& common ; but there is no country in the whole world in which the...greater influence over the souls of men than in America ; and there can be no greater proof of its utility, and of its conformity to human nature, than that... | |
| Alexis de Tocqueville - 1839 - 500 strani
...United States the sovereign authority is religious, and consequently hypocrisy must be common ; but there is no country in the whole world in which the Christian religion retains a greater in. fluence over the souls of men than in America ; and there can be no greater proof of its utility,... | |
| John Dunmore Lang - 1840 - 494 strani
...United States, the sovereign authority is religious, and consequently hypocrisy must be common ; but there is no country in the whole world in which the...greater influence over the souls of men than in America ; and there can be no greater * Democracy in America, page 292. f Ib. p 295. $ Ib. p. 289. § Ib. p.... | |
| 1840 - 534 strani
...from among ourselves — carried back to the old world no such report. His deliberate testimony is, " There is no country in the whole world, in which the...greater influence over the souls of men than in America ; and," he adds like a true philosopher, " there can be no greater proof of its utility, and of its... | |
| Edward Robinson - 1840 - 536 strani
...from among ourselves — carried back to the old world no such report. His deliberate testimony is, " There is no country in the whole world, in which the...greater influence over the souls of men than in America ; and," he adds like a true philosopher, " there can be no greater proof of its utility, and of its... | |
| 1840 - 1078 strani
...from among ourselves — carried back to the old world no such report. His deliberate testimony is, " There is no country in the whole world, in which the...greater influence over the souls of men than in America ; and," he adds like a true philosopher, " there can be no greater proof of its utility, and of its... | |
| Alexis de Tocqueville - 1850 - 488 strani
...United States the sovereign authority is religious, and consequently hypocrisy must be common ; but there is no country in the whole world in which the...greater influence over the souls of men than in America ; and there can be no greater proof of its utility, and of its conformity to human nature, than that... | |
| American Institute of Instruction - 1850 - 256 strani
...but it directs the manners of the community, and by regulating domestic life, it regulates the State. There is no country in the whole world, in which the...influence over the souls of men, than in America." The indispensable necessity of Christianity as a conservative power, in view of our peculiar character... | |
| John Howard Hinton - 1851 - 136 strani
...United States the sovereign authority is religious, and consequently hypocrisy must be common ; but there is no country in the whole world in which the...influence over the souls of men than in America."* It is also inconsistent with the Captain's own admissions. How, for example, can this statement be... | |
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