The Notion of Dignity Amid Insufficiency and Self-Evident Truths |
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Author:
| Gaiter, Roy E. |
ISBN: | 978-1-7365500-0-7 |
Publication Date: | Feb 2021 |
Publisher: | Gaiter Publishing
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $19.99 |
Book Description:
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The statue of the Peace Monument is located on the grounds of the United States Capitol building in Washington; D. C. It is a Civil War monument dedicated to navel soldiers who died in defense of the Union. There are two main figures: Grief and History. "Grief holds her covered face against the shoulder of History and weeps in mourning. History holds a stylus and a tablet that was inscribed, "They died that their country might live." Ken Burns the award-winning filmmaker, states why he...
More DescriptionThe statue of the Peace Monument is located on the grounds of the United States Capitol building in Washington; D. C. It is a Civil War monument dedicated to navel soldiers who died in defense of the Union. There are two main figures: Grief and History. "Grief holds her covered face against the shoulder of History and weeps in mourning. History holds a stylus and a tablet that was inscribed, "They died that their country might live." Ken Burns the award-winning filmmaker, states why he believes the Civil War was inevitable, "We were destined to fight it the second we founded our country. The man who wrote the sentence of the Declaration of Independence that begins, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal," owned more than 100 human beings. It is, as the great historian Shelby Foote said, "the crossroads of our being." The grief and history of those of African Ancestry is itself monumental. The NOTION OF DIGNITY details that grief and history all the way back to the 1400s. The aftermath of that grief is the history of today. Why a Civil War? What were the experiences, which led African Americans to be marginalized, to working certain jobs, living in certain neighborhoods . . .? You must read this book because Abraham Lincoln said, "this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom." The NOTION OF DIGNITY advances that freedom.