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Philosopher-Politician
Shepard, Odell | September 9, 1944 issue

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The book "George Bancroft: Brahmin Rebel," by Russel B. Nye is about one of the chief molders of the prevailing mood and mind of people in the U.S. Politician George Bancroft was a poor clergyman's son who studied at Harvard and abroad for the ministry, he became a rich man, a politician, Secretary of the Navy. Yet Bancroft's life, thought, and work were governed by one philosophic tenet. He believed, like all other Transcendentalists, that mankind is endowed with a direct intuition of "the world of intelligence and the decrees of God." By years of hard work, Bancroft made himself the head of his party in Massachusetts. His party was strengthened by the prestige of his literary fame and by his determined leadership.

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GEORGE Bancroft (Book); NYE, Russel B.; BANCROFT, George, 1800-1891; POLITICIANS; POLITICAL parties; POLITICAL leadership
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