Newell Dwight Hillis

Newell Dwight Hillis
Newell Dwight Hillis (1858–1929) was an American Congregationalist minister, writer, and public speaker known for his moral and religious essays. He authored numerous works focusing on ethics, Christianity, and social issues, including "The Quest of John Chapman" and "Great Books as Life-Teachers." Hillis served as pastor of Plymouth Church in Brooklyn, succeeding Henry Ward Beecher, and gained a reputation for his eloquent sermons. His writings often combined philosophy, religion, and history, addressing the moral challenges of his time.

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I RISE OF AMERICAN SLAVERY: GROWTH OF THE TRAFFIC The history of the nineteenth century holds some ten wars that disturbed the nations of the earth, but perhaps our Civil War alone can be fully justified at the bar of intellect and conscience. That war was fought, not in the interest of territory or of national honour,—it was fought by the white race for the enfranchisement of the black race, and to... more...

"There is nothing that makes men rich and strong but that which they carry inside of them. Wealth is of the heart, not of the hand."—John Milton. "Until we know why the rose is sweet or the dew drop pure, or the rainbow beautiful, we cannot know why the poet is the best benefactor of society. The soldier fights for his native land, but the poet touches that land with the charm that makes... more...

1. The Kaiser's Hatred of the United States It is a proverb that things done in secret soon or late are published from the housetops. Certainly everything that was hidden as to the plots of the Potsdam gang is, little by little, now being revealed. Nothing illustrates this fact better than that volume published in Leipsic in 1907, called "Reminiscences of Ten Years in the German Embassy in... more...