American Calvinist Philosopher

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“I’m not an American hero. I’m a person that loves children.”
—Clara Mcbride Hale (1905–1992)

“Mr. Treat is described as a Calvinist of the strictest kind, not one of those who, by giving up or explaining away, become like a porcupine disarmed of its quills, but a consistent Calvinist, who can dart his quills at a distance and courageously defend himself.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“A philosopher must be more than a philosopher.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)