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title: 'Mother-Country and Father-Land: A Dialogue'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'Joseph Addison Alexander, D.D.'
date: 1850-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Poetry'
- 'Literature'
scriptures:
- 'Psalms 127'
- 'Psalms 137'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/alexander-1850-mother-country-and-father-land
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# Mother-Country and Father-Land: A Dialogue

Selections from an 1850 Princeton magazine: a nostalgic visit to the childhood home, a satirical dialogue on ‘mother-country’ vs ‘father-land’, and a mythic poem about Hercules.

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