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| − | '''A Model of Christian Charity''' was the [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]]'s [[Governor]] [[John Winthrop]]'s 1630 speech describing Winthrop's belief in divine support for the Colony's success.<ref>Boyer, 55</ref> In the speech he stated that Massachusetts would be a city upon a hill - in that the "the eies of all people" would be upon them.<ref>{{cite web|work=About.com|title= City Upon a Hill: Colonial American Lit.|format=HTML|author=Esther Lombardi|language=English|url=http://classiclit.about.com/library/weekly/aa112600a.htm}}</ref> The "city upon the hill" imagery has been echoed through the years, most famously by [[Ronald Reagan]], and is seen by many as the seed of American exceptionalism.
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| − | ==References==
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| − | Boyer, Paul, Clifford, Clark Jr., Nancy Woloch, Neal Salisbury, and Harvard Sitkoff. The Enduring Vision. 5th. New York: Charles Hartford,
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| − | == See also ==
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| − | *[[Charity]]
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| − | *[[Altruism]]
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| − | [[Category:United States History]]
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