Which is more likely — that the Anglo - American people will respond to a world that satisfies no one by becoming Niebuhrian realists, or that some leader in the not too distant future will mobilize Anglo - American power and sense of religious mission by promising to eliminate once and for all the unsatisfactory realities that oppose the special destiny of the dynamic, liberal and capitalist world? (religion-online.org)
His belief that they had a special destiny was confirmed by the vision attributed to Perpetua at her martyrdom in which she saw only her fellow - martyrs in Paradise. (religion-online.org)
The spirit of respect for the past and reverence for the land that enables the Japanese to adopt modern technologies without destroying their environment also feeds an ominous sense of special destiny and a revived emperor cult that democratically inclined Japanese are watching with extreme misgivings. (religion-online.org)