d’Humy’s ‘new light’ is now (in 2020) a dated attempt to depict the drive behind Eddy’s life work. His resource options were extremely limited: either polemic writings or Wilbur’s nearly hagiographic biography. Choosing Wilbur’s historical record and no primary documents, d’Humy speculates on Eddy’s wisdom, decisions, struggles, prophetic inclination, and human circumstances in favorable comparison with other important historical figures.
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