Times That Try Men's Souls

Nonfiction, History, World History
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Author: Philip Dossick ISBN: 1230000285373
Publisher: Editions Artisan Devereaux LLC Publication: December 12, 2014
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Philip Dossick
ISBN: 1230000285373
Publisher: Editions Artisan Devereaux LLC
Publication: December 12, 2014
Imprint:
Language: English


From the foreword by Philip Dossick:

“The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution was proposed on January 31, 1865.
In part, it reads as follows:
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

The simplest of words. But before that Amendment could be ratified, upwards of 800,000 American soldiers had to die, from combat, disease, starvation, and accident.

The racial hatred, torment and social disaster that accounted for that division among the states cannot be underestimated.

The entire episode must be regarded as one of the worst stains on the reputation of the nation still regarded as the “greatest social experiment in the history of mankind.”

Still, as a nation, we have clearly made enormous progress.

But how?

How did the United States get to this point? (Hopefully, a tipping-point.)

Voices.

The freedom loving voices of countless men and women, famous, not famous, infamous, who simply refused to keep silent in the face of such malevolent bigotry.

Thomas Paine was one such person.

Henry David Thoreau another.

Yes, we have freedom of speech in America. But how many of us feel free enough in our lives and persons to actually give voice to our deepest concerns?

A moment or three would not be wasted hearing the pure and free voices of Thomas Paine and Henry David Thoreau once again.”


PHILIP DOSSICK is the New York Times critically acclaimed writer and director of the motion picture The P.O.W. He has written for television, including the outstanding drama, Transplant, produced by David Susskind for CBS. His most recent books include Aztecs: Epoch Of Social Revolution, Sex And Dreams, Mark Twain In Seattle, Oscar Wilde: Sodomy and Heresy, The Naked Citizen: Notes On Privacy In The Twenty-First Century, Raymond Chowder And Bob Skloot Must Die, The Deposition, Vincent Van Gogh: Madness and Magic, Lenny Bruce: The Myth of Free Speech, Ghost Dance Prophets: From Martin Luther King to Mahatma Gandhi, and Times That Try Men’s Souls: Henry David Thoreau and Thomas Paine on Slavery and Civil Disobedience.

 

 

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From the foreword by Philip Dossick:

“The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution was proposed on January 31, 1865.
In part, it reads as follows:
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

The simplest of words. But before that Amendment could be ratified, upwards of 800,000 American soldiers had to die, from combat, disease, starvation, and accident.

The racial hatred, torment and social disaster that accounted for that division among the states cannot be underestimated.

The entire episode must be regarded as one of the worst stains on the reputation of the nation still regarded as the “greatest social experiment in the history of mankind.”

Still, as a nation, we have clearly made enormous progress.

But how?

How did the United States get to this point? (Hopefully, a tipping-point.)

Voices.

The freedom loving voices of countless men and women, famous, not famous, infamous, who simply refused to keep silent in the face of such malevolent bigotry.

Thomas Paine was one such person.

Henry David Thoreau another.

Yes, we have freedom of speech in America. But how many of us feel free enough in our lives and persons to actually give voice to our deepest concerns?

A moment or three would not be wasted hearing the pure and free voices of Thomas Paine and Henry David Thoreau once again.”


PHILIP DOSSICK is the New York Times critically acclaimed writer and director of the motion picture The P.O.W. He has written for television, including the outstanding drama, Transplant, produced by David Susskind for CBS. His most recent books include Aztecs: Epoch Of Social Revolution, Sex And Dreams, Mark Twain In Seattle, Oscar Wilde: Sodomy and Heresy, The Naked Citizen: Notes On Privacy In The Twenty-First Century, Raymond Chowder And Bob Skloot Must Die, The Deposition, Vincent Van Gogh: Madness and Magic, Lenny Bruce: The Myth of Free Speech, Ghost Dance Prophets: From Martin Luther King to Mahatma Gandhi, and Times That Try Men’s Souls: Henry David Thoreau and Thomas Paine on Slavery and Civil Disobedience.

 

 

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