The Individual and the City in W. D. Howells’s The Rise of Silas Lapham
Every Christian hath a general calling; which is, to Serve the Lord Jesus Christ, and save his own Soul. (…) But then, every Christian hath also a personal calling; or a certain Particular Employment, by which his Usefulness, in his Neighbourhood, is distinguished. God hath made man a Sociable Crea...
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2011
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| Izvleček: | Every Christian hath a general calling; which is, to Serve the Lord Jesus Christ, and save his own Soul. (…) But then, every Christian hath also a personal calling; or a certain Particular Employment, by which his Usefulness, in his Neighbourhood, is distinguished. God hath made man a Sociable Creature. Thus wrote Cotton Mather in 1701 and although he had fellow-christians in mind, his words hold true for all men regardless of religion: from the cradle to the grave we are an individual isola... |
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