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The Common Ventures of Life : Marriage, Birth, Work and Death. [The Recovery of Wholeness] [Southwestern University (Georgetown, Tex.) The Willson lectures ; 1948]
by Trueblood, David Elton, 1900-1994
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New York : Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1949., 1949. Fair. 124 pp. ; 20 cm. ; [probable 1st edition] ; LCCN: 49-7238 ; OCLC: 952394 ; blue cloth with light blue lettering ; inscribed and SIGNED by Trueblood on the front ep ; previous owner's name on front ep ; spotting and wear on covers ; foxed ; Elton Trueblood was a Quaker who was an often-read essayist in mid-twentieth century America ; he was an associate of Herbert Hoover, and a friend and supporter of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., often encouraging Eisenhower and Nixon to consider issues of racial discrimination ; he attended William Penn College, Brown University, Hartford Theological and ultimately earned a theology degree at Harvard and a PHD at Johns Hopkins ; an academic teacher, he taught at Guilford College, Haverford and Stanford where he later became Chaplain ; FAIR
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- The Common Ventures of Life : Marriage, Birth, Work and Death. [The Recovery of Wholeness] [Southwestern University (Georgetown, Tex.) The Willson lectures ; 1948]
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- Trueblood, David Elton, 1900-1994
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- New York : Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1949.
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- 1949
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- elton trueblood society of friends quakers indiana william penn college guilford haverford stanford herbert hoover earlham yokefellow movement religious martin luther king christianity christian union marriage work birth death Albert Schweitzer already ba
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