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Addams acknowledged her debt by quoting in her Newer Ideals of Peace (1907) his thesis of the need (in his words) to "discover in the social realm the moral equivalent for war — something heroic that will speak to men as universally as ...
Addams acknowledged her debt by quoting in her Newer Ideals of Peace (1907) his thesis of the need (in his words) to "discover in the social realm the moral equivalent for war — something heroic that will speak to men as universally as ...
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In 1915 Addams was a chief founder of the Woman 's Peace party , and traveled to The Hague to help direct the first International Congress of Women. "As the ship, steadied by a loose cargo of wheat [always the instinct for the apt ...
In 1915 Addams was a chief founder of the Woman 's Peace party , and traveled to The Hague to help direct the first International Congress of Women. "As the ship, steadied by a loose cargo of wheat [always the instinct for the apt ...
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To point up the folly of such struggles, and to affirm the peace that God wills for the world, Bryant sometimes juxtaposes a description of violent conflict and one of peaceful nature. In "To the Apennines" he recapitulates the long ...
To point up the folly of such struggles, and to affirm the peace that God wills for the world, Bryant sometimes juxtaposes a description of violent conflict and one of peaceful nature. In "To the Apennines" he recapitulates the long ...
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User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictThis supplement, the latest addition to the well-known "American Writers'' series, includes 29 authors. All except Frederick Douglass, the 19th-century orator and writer, are 20th-century poets ... Read full review
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| Title | American writers: a collection of literary biographies. Jane Addams to Sidney Lanier |
| Editor | Leonard Unger |
| Publisher | Charles Scribner's sons, 1979 |
| ISBN | 0684157977, 9780684157979 |
| Length | 373 pages |
| Subjects | › › Literary Criticism / American / General |
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