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050			_aE 457.2 _b.G647 2009
100			_aGopnik, Adam. _9110017
245		0	_aAngels and ages : _ba short book about Darwin, Lincoln, and modern life / _cAdam Gopnik.
260			_aNew York : _bAlfred A. Knopf, _c2009
300			_a211 p. _c25 cm.
500			_aA Borzoi book.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 205-211)
520			_a Charles Darwin on an English country estate. Each would see his life's work transform mankind's understanding of itself. In this bicentennial twin portrait, Adam Gopnik shows how these two giants, who never met, changed the way we think about the very nature of existence, and that their great achievements proceeded from the same source: argument from reason. The revolutions they effected shaped the world we live in, while the intellectual heritage and method that informed their parallel lives has profound implications for our present age. Filled with little-known stories and unfamiliar characters, Angels and Ages reveals these men in a new, shared light, and provides a fascinating insight into the origins of our modern vision and liberal values. www.alibris.com
520			_aOn February 12th, 1809, two men were born an ocean apart: Abraham Lincoln in a one-room Kentucky log cabin
650			_aCivilization, Modern. _931146
650			_aLiberalism.
650			_aNaturalists _zEngland _9110018
650			_aPresidents _zUnited States _922630
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