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Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
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Thu, 27 Jun 2002 17:37:27 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal writes:
> We are not a religious state, but we were certainly made great by religious
> people. Denying *that* is offensive.
I continue to recommend to people to read original sources. It is hard to
find a ringing endorsement of religion in Jefferson, for example. Certainly
the Founding Fathers read religous books and belonged to various
denominations, and the contents of many of their libraries are a matter of
record. But they were tremendously worldly. Worthy divines' sermons didn't
inform the Declaration, but John Locke did.
Read the love letters of John and Abigail Adams. Read Jefferson's letters.
These are easy to find.
Daniel Boorstin's _American Primer_ is an excellent short anthology of
documents; you can find it in libraries. (It is out of print.) Boorstin is
also the author of popular narrative histories.
-Erik
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