Gordon S. Wood Quote

In 1788 Dr. Rush had told the clergy that, whatever their doctrinal differences, you are all united in inculcating the necessity of morals, and from the success or failure of your exertions in the cause of virtue, we anticipate the freedom or slavery of our country.

Gordon S. Wood

In 1788 Dr. Rush had told the clergy that, whatever their doctrinal differences, you are all united in inculcating the necessity of morals, and from the success or failure of your exertions in the cause of virtue, we anticipate the freedom or slavery of our country.

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About Gordon S. Wood

Gordon Stewart Wood (born November 27, 1933) is an American historian and professor at Brown University. He is a recipient of the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for History for The Radicalism of the American Revolution (1992). His book The Creation of the American Republic, 1776–1787 (1969) won the 1970 Bancroft Prize. In 2010, he was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama.