The Great People of the Future: American Civilization and National Character

“History,” Harvard student Wilder Dwight explained, “is . . . but the description of a nation’s character.” For the United States, “history has hardly commenced, and we have but just taken our place among the nations of the earth.” At the time of the essay’s conception in November 1851, however, Dwi...

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Animals
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Armed conflict
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Brahmins
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Mammals
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Political movements
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Political sociology
Practical theology
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Religion
Slavery
Social organization
Social psychology
Social sciences
Sociology
Spiritual leaders
Students
Theology
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War
Zoology
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