George Smith: The Good, the Bad, and the Puritans
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The Puritan Mentality in American Politics
There is a definite puritanical strain in American political and social thought. The theorists of New England thought of society as a unit bound together by inviolable ties. In the 19th century, this strain became known as piotism. There was no questioning that men who would not serve the purposes of the society should be whipped into line.
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