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title: 'The Author of Robinson Crusoe'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'James Ormsbee Murray'
date: 1890-07-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Materialism'
- 'Autobiography and Biography'
- 'Church-State Relations'
scriptures:
- 'Acts 5'
- 'Romans 13'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/murray-1890-the-author-of-robinson-crusoe
---

# The Author of Robinson Crusoe

Two pieces: a survey of modern materialism versus spiritualism, and a biographical sketch of Daniel Defoe focusing on his Dissenting convictions, political activism, and persecution.

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