The Chief End of Man

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George Spring Merriam. The Chief End of Man

The Chief End of Man

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PROLOGUE. I. OUR SPIRITUAL ANCESTRY. II. THE IDEAL OF TO-DAY. III. A TRAVELER'S NOTE-BOOK. IV. GLIMPSES. V. DAILY BREAD. THE CHIEF END OF MAN

PROLOGUE

I

OUR SPIRITUAL ANCESTRY

II

THE IDEAL OF TO-DAY

III

A TRAVELER'S NOTE-BOOK

IV

GLIMPSES

V

DAILY BREAD

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George Spring Merriam

Published by Good Press, 2019

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This bird's-eye view will grow more distinct and vivid if we study certain typical figures which group themselves as the representatives of succeeding generations. Our conventional division of centuries will serve as a convenient framework for four groups.

In the sixteenth century we have Sir Thomas More, uniting the highest virtue of the church with the clearest intelligence of the new thought, and setting forth in Utopia the ideal to be sought—not mere individual salvation, not an ecclesiastical fold, but a human commonwealth of free, happy, and virtuous citizens.

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