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“Americans had been well prepared for their revoluion by colonial institutions. The American people had long been knit together by their towns, schools, congregations, and militia. Public issues had always been subject to debate. Every turn of the revolutionary movement had been argued—in town meetings (in other words, not decided elsewhere and dictated from above,…
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Awe is the best of man: however the world’s misprizing of the feeling would prevent us, deeply we feel, once gripped, the weird uncanny monstrous. (from Faust, Second Part, Act 1, Scene 5) This quote is used by Rudolf Otto in his book The Idea of the Holy to help explain the concept of the numinous. For…
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The following question and answer comes from my book Success for Life: Answers to the 77 Questions College Students Ask. I received over 1000 questions from students looking for answers, wondering about the best path in life. If you like what you read here, you can pick up your copy AT AN ALL-NEW LOW PRICE to read all of…