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Whither America?
Rorty, James | January 2, 1929 issue

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The article focuses on the book "Recent Gains in American Civilization," edited by Kirby Page. Contemporary Christian liberalism, conditioned as it is by the Christian concepts of heaven and hell, is bound to be forward-looking. "Smug contentment and sullen despair are equally perilous," says Mr. Page in the foreword to this distinguished symposium. So, one might add, are any emotional attitudes when one is trying to measure and interpret social phenomena and trends. So, points out Harry F. Ward one of the liveliest of the contributors, is the title of this volume which "establishes a world's record by begging three questions in five words."

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RECENT Gains in American Civilization (Book); PAGE, Kirby; LIBERALISM; CHRISTIANS in literature; EMOTIONS; CIVILIZATION -- American influences
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