she did this very well and influence ralph waldo emerson. between her i was able to do all the work and not. the ralph waldo emerson would've done for the narrative and in the later chapters i enabled to show how ethical culture leaders and others spent so much time reading emerson and drawing strength from our sand that it is evident those passages that had great resonance were in fact the products of his prior liberal culture. it's a great question. [inaudible] i'm curious if you see the ambivalence you see in james and the other liberal thinkers and how does that relate to their religious faith. >> so when you say ambivalent is that inconsistently -- >> i think that is what you were saying. >> so did the prior -- the thinkers before james had a similar ambivalence about america in the end there is no. yes and no. the prior yours like william ellery channing said the most advanced society on earth because it has a democratic form of of government because rick devoted to the principle all men are created equal announced implementation, getti

she influenced ralph waldo emerson so she between her and william ellery -- i was able to do all thatwork in that. not that ralph waldo emerson would have done through the narrative and then in the later chapters i'm able to show how ethical culture leaders and others spent so much time reading emerson and drawing strength from emerson that it was evident that those attached to emerson who had great resonance were in fact they product of this prior culture. so it's a great question my hope that answers it. >> i am curious if you see the ambivalence that dcn james and the other liberal thinkers and what does that play and how does that relate to your religious faith? >> okay so when you say ambivalent is that about the inconsistency? >> i think that was what you are saying. >> yeah. so did the prior come to the thinkers before james had a similar ambivalence about america and the answer is no. because well okay the prior characters jennings thought america is the most because it has this democratic form of government because devoted to the principle that all men are created equal annou

ralph waldo emerson, henry david perot, all of these -- henry david thoreau.ll of these people speak out. if the opposition have been limited to new england it would be interesting but not different than the war of 1812. what you see happen is that over the course of the war new england stops being the only place where people protest and you see a national movement grow. there are essentially four main grounds. the first one that you can see on this poster is on the grounds of morality. though this was an unjust war that would render national -- that this was an unjust war that would bring national dishonor. in order to seem patriotic, evil had to "dissent from this unholy and unjust war and the murder of mexicans on their own soil. i can take no part now or hereafter." he was strong in his opinions but that was a kind of critique that you see certainly by march of 1847 when the united states bombarded the town of vear cruz leading to the doves of civilians -- veracruz, leading to the deaths of civilians. the second critique was on the grounds of slavery. he w