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To: breakem
This source is very impressive, however I did not see any Roman or Greek references.

Thanks for mentioning your concern.  The closer one gets to the American Revolution, the greater are the number of individual references.  However, those Greek and Roman are linked in the first section of "The American Colonist's Library."

Classical Literature Having Significant Influence Upon the American Colonists
Classic Philosophers and Poets,  Most of the founding fathers in America were thorougly familiar with these Greco-Roman authors: e.g., Aristotle, Plato, Cicero, Virgil.
The Latin Library, (Cicero, Livy, Horace, etc.) Ability to read these sources extemporaneously was an entrance requirement at colonial schools such as Harvard.
The Vulgate, The Holy Bible in Latin.
The Bible, The best Bible online, which allows the user to immediately discover the Hebrew and Greek words behind the English words.
The Bible, This book was, of course, the most influential piece of literature in Colonial America.
St. Augustine , The church father of choice among American Puritans.
St. Augustine , English translations of his works on predestination which greatly influenced the Puritans.

BTW, what did you think of how John Adams summed up sources of the Revolution?  We don't hear much about those writers he is first to mention (John Poynet and Algernon Sidney).  Do you suppose that is because of their strong Biblical Christian principles?
49 posted on 07/02/2003 5:25:39 PM PDT by unspun ("Do everything in love." -- btw, I don't look anything like AnnaZ, but I do listen on RadioFR.o)
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To: unspun
These sources seem to bve biblical in nature. The roman law, structure of government, military, civil service etc. served as a model for future european governments and are easilly identifiable in the US constitution and government. The romans were pagans when these institution were established. The Greeks including Platos Republic and democratic philosophies got the whole ball started.

If it is the intent of this site to support the US as a Christian nation, then let us know. If the intent to to identify sources for the US as a country and government then the pagans must get their due and the cite has a serious omission problem.

50 posted on 07/02/2003 5:30:07 PM PDT by breakem
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