“Today we are apt to think of the Middle East, however defined, as something of a geographical unit. During the first half of the nineteenth century, however, and in fact until the Suez Canal was opened in 1869, the Mediterranean… — David H. Finnie Copy Share Image
“The Middle East was not a wilderness, and the people there were not savages: if anything they were over civilized. Too many American newcomers to the East saw it in frontier terms.” — David H. Finnie Copy Share Image
“Americans were known for a zealous and often immoderate attachment to the United States and all it represented.” — David H. Finnie Copy Share Image
“The English are rapidly expanding their conquests in Afghanistan [ca. 1840]” — David H. Finnie Copy Share Image
“Calvinism and Islam had this much in common: neither was just a religion; both were social systems.” — David H. Finnie Copy Share Image
“Today we are apt to think of the Middle East, however defined, as something of a geographical unit. During the first half of the… — David H. Finnie Copy Share Image
“The Middle East was not a wilderness, and the people there were not savages: if anything they were over civilized. Too many American newcomers… — David H. Finnie Copy Share Image
“For eighteen centuries avid and pious Christians of divergent sects had overlaid the simplicity of Biblical scenes with tawdry symbolism, rude commercialism, and pious… — David H. Finnie Copy Share Image
“Calvinism and Islam had this much in common: neither was just a religilon, both were social systems.” — David H. Finnie Copy Share Image
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