The Learned Blacksmith - The Letters and Journals of Elihu Burritt
The Learned Blacksmith - The Letters and Journals of Elihu Burritt

Author: Merle Curti

Publisher: Read Books Ltd

Published: 2020-10-16

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 1528763238

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This antique book contains a collection of letters and journal entries, from Elihu Burritt. Elihu Burritt was a poor boy. Like other boys a hundred years ago, he gloried in the idea of self-improvement, and like many of his contemporaries he became a self-made man. But it was not worldly riches that he made. His lifelong ideal was to serve man kind, to promote human brotherhood, and he was never tempted to take another path. Unlike most Americans, he had no ambition to rise above the working class from which he came. This fascinating text will appeal to those with an interest in the early twentieth century, and will be of considerable value to collectors of such literature. The chapters of this book include: 'A Self-Made Man', 'The Crusade for World Peace', 'The Campaign for Ocean Penny Postage', 'Slavery and Civil War', and 'Assisted Emigration and Arbitration'. This volume was first published in 1937, and is proudly republished now for the enjoyment and edification of discerning readers.

The Geography of the Heavens: And Class Book of Astronomy Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas
The Geography of the Heavens: And Class Book of Astronomy Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas

Author: O. M. Mitchel

Publisher: Sagwan Press

Published: 2015-08-26

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 9781340384708

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The Advocates of Peace in Antebellum America
The Advocates of Peace in Antebellum America

Author: Valarie H. Ziegler

Publisher: Mercer University Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780865547261

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This book chronicles the political and intellectual development of the two major antebellum peace movements. The American Peace Society, a moderate peace group, aimed to work through the institutions of church and state to achieve peace. The New England Nonresistant Society constituted a radical group which advocated the individual's complete separation from all institutions and strict adherence to the example of Christ's life and teachings.