Spur of Fame: Dialogues of John Adams & Benjamin Rush, 1805-1813
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John A Schutz (Contributor) Douglass Adair (Contributor)
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John Adams and Benjamin Rush were two remarkably different men who shared a devotion to liberty. Their dialogues on the implications of fame for their generation prove remarkably timely -- even for the twenty-first century. Adams and Rush championed very different views on the nature of the American Revolution and of the republic established with the United States Constitution; yet they shared one of the most important correspondences of their time. Their recurring subject was fame. This emphasis on fame was crucial, Adams and Rush believed, because on the fame attached to individual leaders of the Revolutionary generation would depend the view of the Revolution and of the Constitution and republican government that would be embraced by generations to come, including our own.
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John A Schutz and Douglass Adair, Editors
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- Contributor: John A Schutz
- Imprint: Liberty Fund Inc
- ISBN13: 9780865972865
- Number of Pages: 325
- Packaged Dimensions: 230x155mm
- Packaged Weight: 733
- Format: Hardback
- Publisher: Liberty Fund Inc
- Release Date: 2001-01-01
- Binding: Hardback
- Biography: John A Schutz and Douglass Adair, Editors
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