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Excerpt from Orations Delivered Before the Northern Lyceum of the City and County of Philadelphia, at Their Anniversaries in 1837-8 One of the most important acquisitions of man is a knowledge of the human understanding, an acquaintance with the secret springs of menial action - a comprehension of the great design by which we were formed - and a proper apprehension of the capacities of the mind and the means by which it may be directed, in in...

Excerpt from The Pilgrims of the Rock: An Oration, Delivered in the First Congregational Church, Before the Society of the Sons of New England of Philadelphia, at Their Second Anniversary, on the 22d December, 1845 It was the evening of the Christian Sabbath, all Nature seemed to have rested from even the work of praise, and to have stood in silent beauty, musing its adoration. The posthumous splendour of the retiring sun was gorgeously stre...

Excerpt from Address of the Hon.: Joseph R. Chandler Mr. President and Gentlemen: The desire to make commemoration of distinguished favors, is among the best impulses of the human heart. The justification of the desire has marked domestic, social and even national movements in all ages , and has had for its sanction not only the spirit of purest gratitude for the benefits of the past, but a hope of connecting the favors and the spirit they s...

Excerpt from Civil and Religious Equality: An Oration Delivered at the Fourth Commemoration of the Landing of the Pilgrims at Maryland It was a beautiful thought, and does honor to those who entertained it and gave it utterance, and finally put it into practice, to make a public celebration of the "Landing of the Pilgrims of Maryland." The commemoration of sacrifices for truth, is a perpetuation of reverence and love for truth, and since "the...

Excerpt from Chandler's Common School Grammar: A Grammar of the English Language, Adapted to the Schools of America A long acquaintance with the business of teaching convinced the author of this work that the study of English Grammar may be made as interesting to the pupil as that of any other science, and that it is only necessary to fix the attention, and excite the emulation of scholars, by lucid explanations and familiar examples, to insu...

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Excerpt from An Architectural Monograph on Colonial Cottages, Vol. 1 N the early part of the nineteenth century there ¿ourished in Boston a very eccentric character by the name of Timothy Dexter. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to dig...

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