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Day, Thomas |
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Day, Thomas, 1748–89, English social reformer and author. He supported the American Revolution and the abolition of slavery and was interested in improving the lot of the small farmer. His moralistic History of Sandford and Merton (3 vol., 1783–89) contrasts the "natural" education of the virtuous Sandford with the conventional one of the objectionable Merton. In Lichfield he was a member of the literary group centering about Anna Seward Seward, Anna (sē`wərd), 1742–1809, English poet, called the Swan of Lichfield. ..... Click the link for more information. . How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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One of the leading ideologues of our day, Thomas Sowell, a mouthpiece for the right wing in America, has the temerity to decry "ideology. As America's first televised (but not last colonial) war brought the horrors of Vietnam and napalm into our living rooms, Dorothy Day, Thomas Merton, and the Berrigan brothers joined a growing chorus of Catholic pacifists decrying the injustice and immorality of that "police action. They celebrated people like Dorothy Day, Thomas Merton, the Berrigan brothers, liturgical reformers and others who moved the institution to better reflect the Second Vatican Council's definition of the church as "The People of God. |
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