“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… — David H. Finnie Middle east 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… — David H. Finnie Middle east 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,… — David H. Finnie Christianity 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