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Originally published as Course of Popular Lectures, the works
collected in this volume display the gift for oratory and range of
progressive ideas that made Frances Wright (1795-1852) both a
sought-after lecturer and a controversial figure in early
nineteenth-century America. Born in Scotland, this pioneering
freethinker and abolitionist emigrated to America in her twenties
and became friends with Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. In
1828, she joined Robert Dale Owen's socialist community at New
Harmony, Indiana, and helped him edit his New Harmony Gazette. The
next year she and Owen moved to New York City, where they published
Free Enquirer, which advocated liberalized divorce laws; birth
control; free, state-run, secular education; and organization of
the disadvantaged working class. It was at this time that she began
delivering the popular lectures here collected. Some persistent
themes that run throughout these well-argued pieces are: the
importance of free, impartial inquiry conducted in a scientific
spirit and not influenced by religious superstition or popular
prejudice; the need for better, universal education that trains
young minds in scientific inquiry rather than religious dogma; the
advantage of focusing on the facts of the here-and-now rather than
theological speculations; and the failure of American society to
live up to its noble ideals of equality and justice for all. With
an insightful introduction by Wright scholar Susan S. Adams
(Emeritus Professor of English, Northern Kentucky University),
these stimulating lectures by an early and little-known feminist
and freethinker will be of interest to students and scholars of
women's studies, humanism, and freethought.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
PublishingAcentsa -a centss Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age,
it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia
and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally
important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to
protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature.
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A story following three young men, going to war and learning that
their preconceptions have led them astray.
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