Democracy and Social Growth in America: Four LecturesG. P. Putnam's Sons, 1898 - 129 strani |
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... religion bound the New Englanders into a well - ordered community ; but in the West the ties of blood were in large measure wanting , and religion had no specially binding force . There was little zeal in common efforts that looked ...
... religion bound the New Englanders into a well - ordered community ; but in the West the ties of blood were in large measure wanting , and religion had no specially binding force . There was little zeal in common efforts that looked ...
Stran 113
... religious affairs there is need of revival . The history of every successful system of religion shows either a continuous effort , or occasional ex- traordinary efforts , to maintain in influence , or restore to effective power , the ...
... religious affairs there is need of revival . The history of every successful system of religion shows either a continuous effort , or occasional ex- traordinary efforts , to maintain in influence , or restore to effective power , the ...
Stran 114
... religious community in healthful life , is equally needful for the broader life of a political community . If the nation would be true to itself throughout its changes of governmental forms , growth must continue on the basis of its ...
... religious community in healthful life , is equally needful for the broader life of a political community . If the nation would be true to itself throughout its changes of governmental forms , growth must continue on the basis of its ...
Stran 116
... religion are of great impor- tance . Under democratic rule , as well as under other forms of government , social growth is dependent in a large measure upon re- ligion . Yet it is not the the function of religion to initiate new ...
... religion are of great impor- tance . Under democratic rule , as well as under other forms of government , social growth is dependent in a large measure upon re- ligion . Yet it is not the the function of religion to initiate new ...
Stran 118
... religious con- sciousness approved . The efficacy of religion in relation to so- cial evolution is , furthermore , illustrated by its power in strengthening the sense of duty . As already suggested , this sense is weakened in proportion ...
... religious con- sciousness approved . The efficacy of religion in relation to so- cial evolution is , furthermore , illustrated by its power in strengthening the sense of duty . As already suggested , this sense is weakened in proportion ...
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Stran 20 - Moses said that with no restrictions placed upon the movements of individual members of such a society, "the fittest in the several lines of activity acquire positions of advantage, and the less fit fall behind or are crowded to the wall.
Stran 18 - The golden age of English oratory, which extends over the last quarter of the eighteenth and the first quarter of the nineteenth centuries, produced no speaker, either in Parliament or at the Bar, superior in persuasive force and artistic finish to Thomas Lord Erskine.
Stran 23 - ... equality of material conditions to inequality of material conditions as a characteristic feature of progress under freedom, particularly as it appears in industrial society . . . whether the government interferes in behalf of individuals, or simply stands for order the outcome of industrial development will be essentially the same in both cases, and that an increasing inequality.85 To mitigate this dismal trend Moses could offer only the inculcation of a strong religious faith and an "awakening...