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One Bound Volume, Two Shaker Sisters, and a Liberal Preacher
Get PDFFrom September 4, 1877, to January 25, 1879, Antoinette Doolittle,the first eldress of the North Family in Mount Lebanon, New York, exchanged letters with George W. Timlow, a Presbyterian minister with congregation in the nearby town of Lebanon, New Hampshire who relocated to Salem, New Jersey. Sixteen of these letters were copied in the type of blank book commonly used by Shakers for a multitude of purposes. What makes this little bound volume rare, if not unique, is its preservation of correspondence between a Shaker sister and a worldly correspondent.
The letters are products and evidence of change—an outgrowth of the reorientation of Shakerism. In many ways, this transformation precipitated and legitimized this exchange of letters. They offer a glimpse of the 1870s through the personal and professional concerns and opinions aired by both correspondents with a surprising degree of candor, trust, and sometimes banter that defies stereotypical images of stern religious figures. Timlow’s and Doolittle’s humanity shines through in the relevant stories and creative anecdotes that are used to illustrate points in their discussions. In addition to the freshness in their discourse, there is also depth with meaty, substantive issues surfacing. The back and forth flow of their conversation affords insights that cannot be gained from access to only one side of a dialogue
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Get PDFReprint of an article published in the November 4, 1909, St. Cloud Tribune
Hunting and Fishing. South Florida a Paradise for Hunters and Fishermen.
Get PDFReprint of an article published in the November 11, 1909, St. Cloud Tribune
News from the Shaker Colony.
Get PDFReprint of an article published in the December 30, 1909, St. Cloud Tribune
Legal but Corrupt: A New Perspective on Public Ethics
No full textLabeling a person, institution or particular behavior as corrupt signals both political and moral disapproval and, in a functioning democracy, should stimulate inquiry, discussion, and, if the charge is well-founded, reform. This book argues...that the political community and scholars alike have underestimated the extent of corruption in the United States and elsewhere and thus, awareness of wrong-doing is limited and discussion of necessary reform is stunted. In fact, there is a class of behaviors and institutions that are legal, but corrupt. They are accepted as legitimate by statute and practice, but they inflict very real social, economic, and political damage. This book explains why it is important to identify legally accepted corruption and provides a series of examples of corruption using this perspective.https://digitalcommons.hamilton.edu/books/1022/thumbnail.jp
