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... religion lightly , " wrote Hawke , and neither the elite nor the con- ventionally religious ever forgave him . For Paine , The Age of Reason followed Rights of Man as naturally as the latter had followed Common Sense . In religion , as ...
... religion lightly , " wrote Hawke , and neither the elite nor the con- ventionally religious ever forgave him . For Paine , The Age of Reason followed Rights of Man as naturally as the latter had followed Common Sense . In religion , as ...
Page 521
... religious customs . Rationalist , utilitarian , and humanist in the eighteenth - century tradition , Paine was nonethe- less a profoundly religious person , for whom moral questions were the questions of ultimate concern . Although ...
... religious customs . Rationalist , utilitarian , and humanist in the eighteenth - century tradition , Paine was nonethe- less a profoundly religious person , for whom moral questions were the questions of ultimate concern . Although ...
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... religious black fig- ure tortured beyond endurance ? The result is the character of Dred , an impressive achievement . He is a full black of magnificent stature and high intellectual demeanor modeled upon Denmark Vesey . He is a ...
... religious black fig- ure tortured beyond endurance ? The result is the character of Dred , an impressive achievement . He is a full black of magnificent stature and high intellectual demeanor modeled upon Denmark Vesey . He is a ...
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