It Is supported by a deeper layer of trutha concept of man and his possibilities. What is commonly labeled as "American optimism." and sometimes caricatured as the "getupandgo" mentality. has its source in a profounder reality of the American mind. The earliest 17th century Pilgrims. the 18th century pioneers of the West. the most recent Immigrants to these shores. have all been motivated by the conviction of the biblical view of man and life: "I have set before thee life and death. the blessing and the curse: therefore choose life. that thou mayest live. thou and thy seed." 10 The United States of America have been synonymous with "choose life." new life. a new beginningmaterially. intellectually. spiritually. The biblical view of man that is spelled out by the rabbis In classical Judaism in the details of life and law also permeates the American ethos. In an unpublished manuscript of a revised study of the Pharisees by Dr.
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