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In 1800 Reverend William Linn published a pamphlet attacking Thomas Jefferson,urging Americans not to elect him as president citing among others his "comments on the Indian and Negro race which excluded him "from any department among Christians.". What views was he referring to?

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In western thought i notice a very consistent pattern of constructing an ideal version of the past,a belief that people in the past lived better and were "moraly pure" and at present humankind has "declined". Where did this come from and is there a possible explanation for it?

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Are there any books covering the similarities of the early soviet economy/goverment and that of WW1 era Germany?

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In 1800 Reverend William Linn published a pamphlet attacking Thomas Jefferson,urging Americans not to elect him as president citing among others his "comments on the Indian and Negro race which excluded him "from any department among Christians.". What views was he referring to?	16
In western thought i notice a very consistent pattern of constructing an ideal version of the past,a belief that people in the past lived better and were "moraly pure" and at present humankind has "declined". Where did this come from and is there a possible explanation for it?	3
Are there any books covering the similarities of the early soviet economy/goverment and that of WW1 era Germany?	1