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John Locke was a prominent thinker of the 16th century, commonly remembered today for his contributions to what we would now equate to modern-day libertarian philosophy, or perhaps more accurately, classical liberalism. Undoubtedly among his most famous works was his Second Treatise of Government,…
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In 1833, the state of Massachusetts became the last state to no longer fund churches with tax money, thus bringing an end to the gradual religious disestablishment movement in America and effectively banning the state from directly funding churches and other religious organizations. The…
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James Fenimore Cooper was undoubtedly among the more prominent American authors of popular fiction in the mid-19th century; yet in a legendary critique of Cooper published in 1895, Mark Twain described his novel The Deerslayer–the fifth and final installment of his Leatherstocking series, though…
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