What exactly is a "city on a hill" many consider it to be a perfect society, but overall nothing in this world that's human at least, can be perfect. So maybe a "city on a hill" is a society that strives for perfection but in the end will never reach there goal, not because they ... Americans today. What we think of as a "city on a hill" is a lot different from what the Puritans considered a "city on a hill." A perfect society for America today would be based on economy, technology, and equality, as for Puritans it was based on hard work and religion. America inherited the idea that in some ...

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