Excerpt from The American People, Vol. 1: A Study in National Psychology American Republic. Puritanism left its impress upon the life and thought of England, and having done its work as the agent of Destiny became merged in other forces. Puritanism in America, when it ceased to be merely a religious symbol, was still a social force, and it is to-day. Vitalized by the principles of its foundation, the Puritan com monwealth grew apace. She sowed the seeds of intolerance and brought forth liberty. She preached blind obedience ...
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Excerpt from The American People, Vol. 1: A Study in National Psychology American Republic. Puritanism left its impress upon the life and thought of England, and having done its work as the agent of Destiny became merged in other forces. Puritanism in America, when it ceased to be merely a religious symbol, was still a social force, and it is to-day. Vitalized by the principles of its foundation, the Puritan com monwealth grew apace. She sowed the seeds of intolerance and brought forth liberty. She preached blind obedience to authority and was the first to resist when it became galling. She taught thrift and elevated the material to the dignity of a virtue. She made acquisition a duty. She was free, and she was shackled to a narrow and harsh theology that dwarfed expansion. And yet she expanded, sending forth her sons into the barren places, who, full Of energy and the love of gain that was as much a part of the Puritan character as his faith in the immutable workings of a higher power, gave new lustre to his name and made the world marvel. Where France failed, England succeeded. What Spain attempted, England accomplished. Holland planted and England reaped. Sweden dreamed and England worked. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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