The Coming People (1897).
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''It is absurd to suppose, if this is God’s world, that men must always be selfish barbarians.'''
— Charles Fletcher Dole
What It Means
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About Charles Fletcher Dole
Charles Fletcher Dole (1845, Brewer, Maine – 1927, Hawaii) was an influential Unitarian minister, speaker, and writer in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts, and Chairman of the Association to Abolish War.
About Charles Fletcher Dole
Charles Fletcher Dole (1845, Brewer, Maine – 1927, Hawaii) was an influential Unitarian minister, speaker, and writer in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts, and Chairman of the Association to Abolish War.
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