The Civil Bible
Proposed by Horace Kallen in 1956, documents which comprise the Civil Bible are available by clicking on a title below. The reference was found in a speech delivered by Lucius E. Burch, Jr. (1912-1996) titled "Help Return The Law To A Learned Profession." I have been unable to locate the original source of Kallen's suggestion that the great works of American civil progress become the Civil Bible. If you have information regarding Kallen and the source of this suggestion, please write.
George Washington's letter to the Jewish Congregation at Newport
Jefferson's First and Second Inaugurals
Virginia Bill of Religious Liberty
Jefferson's letters to John Adams on Natural Aristocracy
Certain articles from the Federalist
The United States Constitution
Certain decisions and statements of John Marshall's
James Madison's Memorial and Remonstrance
James Monroe's promulgation of the Monroe Doctrine
The Constitution of the American Anti-slavery Society
Horace Mann's Twelfth Report to the Massachusetts Board of Education
The Seneca Falls Declaration on Women's Rights
Abraham Lincoln's 'House divided' speech
John Brown's speech to the Court that sentenced him
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