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Collection Reference Number GLC05508.014
From Archive Folder Collection of documents relating to religion and spirituality 1861-1944 
Title Letter from C. G. Abbot to "Our Heroes Class," First Methodist Church
Date 8 November 1928
Author Abbot, Charles Greely (1872-1973)  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Writing to a Sunday school class, Abbot, an Astrophysicist and Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, recounts an anecdote from his childhood in which a cobbler told him "the Kingdom of Heaven is within you." Abbot explains that Heaven is within you when you follow a "philosophy of a happy life." This philosophy is characterized by study of the classics of human culture – such as the Bible, literature, music, and great paintings.
Subjects Religion  Philosophy  Museum  Education  Literature and Language Arts  Art, Music, Theater, and Film  Music  Science and Technology  
People Abbot, Charles Greely (1872-1973)  
Place written Washington, D.C.
Theme Religion; Arts & Literature; Science, Technology, Invention; Education
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945