Oliver Wendell Holmes
A Willing Servant to an Unknown God
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Word Count
53,250 words, Guess
Page Count
213 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL34730666M
- ISBN-139781108475952
- OCLC Control Number1108817428
- Library of Congress Control Number2019027922
Classifications
- LCCKF8745.H6W45 2020
Description
"It was Wendell's father, Dr. Holmes, who coined the term "Boston Brahmin" to describe Boston society in the mid-Nineteenth Century. The name stuck because it was such an apt caricature of the city's elite. Like their Hindu counterparts, the Boston Brahmin were both materially prosperous and spiritually ambitious. Part of their prosperity came from China trade - a commerce that brought with it ideas and culture as well as wealth"--
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