Humility : an unlikely biography of America's greatest virtue /
David J. Bobb.
- xi, 228 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (page 211) index.
Part I. Early Life -- Benjamin Franklin's Dilemma -- Jesus and Socrates -- The City of the Humble and the City of the Proud -- Part II. Trials and Temptations -- George Washington -- James Madison -- Abigail Adams -- Abraham Lincoln -- Frederick Douglass -- Part III. An Age of Arrogance -- The Fragile Brilliance of Glass -- A Moral Taxonomy.
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Statesmen--United States--Biography. Politicians--United States--Biography. Humility--Case studies. Humility--Political aspects--History.--United States
United States--Biography. United States--Politics and government--1775-1783. United States--Politics and government--1783-1865. United States--Politics and government--1865-1900.