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S'està carregant… Memoirs of Alexander Campbell (1868)de Robert Richardson
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It is worth looking at his views ranging from bible translations to slavery to capital punishment to education, which were quite advanced & persuasive though controversial at the time. He traveled to the East as far as Boston, South as far as New Orleans & West as far as the Kansas Territory in his work as a preacher & as President of Bethany College which he founded in western Virginia.
As early as 1840, Mr. Campbell saw that the issue of slavery would end in war, though he hoped the issue could be resolved through discussions. His travels to the North, South, East & West are very descriptive & perceptive to see the state of affairs as he saw them during his travels.
His debates, most notably, the debate with the socialist Robert Owen was where he excelled. Very few were ever able to hold up against him especially in the debate with Owen who proved unable to persuade, insisting on vague principles rather than stand up to Mr. Campbell's withering evidences of the failures & shortcomings of socialism.
Overall, in spite of the over 1200 pages, a good read into a lost world in which a reader can get a glimpse. ( )