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David Ellington
A stirring look at work, faith, and a life determined to grow beyond the bench.
This volume gathers Henry Ware Jr.’s pen portraits, journal extracts, and letters that illuminate 19th‑century American thought on duty, ambition, and spiritual growth.
The selections center on daily life, humble labor, and the inner questions that shape character. Readers will meet a thoughtful carpenter, wrestle with questions about progress and purpose, and encounter earnest prayers, practical wisdom, and real conversations about belief and society. The mix of narrative sketches, diary‑style notes, and personal correspondence offers a window into how religion and reform sounded in everyday life.A close look at ordinary days that reveal larger ideas about work, time, and meaningDialogues about ambition, contentment, and what it means to be a “man” in a changing worldReflections on faith, conscience, and the push for social improvementIlluminating excerpts from a journal and a letter that deepen the setting and themes Ideal for readers of historical religious prose, moral philosophy, and early American social thought.
This volume gathers Henry Ware Jr.’s pen portraits, journal extracts, and letters that illuminate 19th‑century American thought on duty, ambition, and spiritual growth.
The selections center on daily life, humble labor, and the inner questions that shape character. Readers will meet a thoughtful carpenter, wrestle with questions about progress and purpose, and encounter earnest prayers, practical wisdom, and real conversations about belief and society. The mix of narrative sketches, diary‑style notes, and personal correspondence offers a window into how religion and reform sounded in everyday life.A close look at ordinary days that reveal larger ideas about work, time, and meaningDialogues about ambition, contentment, and what it means to be a “man” in a changing worldReflections on faith, conscience, and the push for social improvementIlluminating excerpts from a journal and a letter that deepen the setting and themes Ideal for readers of historical religious prose, moral philosophy, and early American social thought.
202 pages, Hardcover
Published August 24, 2018
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