A recent letter suggested that Divine Intervention in earthly affairs was regarded by America’s Founders as “nonsense.” The writer is evidently unfamiliar with The British Enlightenment’s divide between the school of thought populated by such as John Locke and the one led by such as Edmund Burke. The principle distinction between the two was the view by Burke that no social contract could long endure without the recognition of the role of “Divine Providence” in the fortunes of a given society of freemen. This belief would win the day and is the basis from which America’s founders drew their inspiration.
Thomas Higdon
Clark County
