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A Discourse on the Latest Form of Infidelity

A Discourse on the Latest Form of Infidelity (Cambridge, 1839)

Andrews Norton (1786–1853) · Cambridge, 1839

InferredFuller tracks the Norton–Ripley theological controversy closely, noting how Norton's seeming mildness gives him tactical advantage while Ripley prepares another response; as Hudspeth identified that Norton's *A Discourse on the Latest Form of Infidelity* (1839) sparked this exchange.

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I. Childhood

II. Adolescence

III. Self-Directed

IV. Transcendentalist1record

V. New York

VI. Europe

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Letter to Frederic H. Hedge

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“The world is somewhat occupied with Mr Norton and Mr Ripley. The seeming mildness of Mr N's late rejoinder gives him at present the advantage, but Mr R. comes out again this week.”

Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. II. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1984.

Inferred Fuller tracks the Norton–Ripley theological controversy closely, noting how Norton's seeming mildness gives him tactical advantage while Ripley prepares another response; as Hudspeth identified that Norton's A Discourse on the Latest Form of Infidelity (1839) sparked this exchange.