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“After the Sixteenth Congress convened in December 1819, the debate over Missouri resumed. The speeches seemed interminable as well as intemperate. When Felix Walker of North Carolina was urged to sit down, he replied that he had to give his speech for the folks back home, “for Buncombe County.” Ever since, Americans have called a certain kind of inflated political oratory “buncombe”—or “bunk” for short.”
― What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848
― What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848
“In the early American republic, the most significant challenge to the traditional assumption that the worth of human beings depended on their race, class, and gender came from the scriptural teachings that all are equal in the sight of God and all are one in Christ.”
― What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848
― What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848
Bryan’s 2024 Year in Books
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