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Necessity of Popular Education , as a National Object ; with Hints on the
Treatment of Criminals , and Observations on Homicidal Insanity . By James
Simpson . ' New York and Boston , 1834 . On the Mental Illumination and Moral
Improvement ...
Necessity of Popular Education , as a National Object ; with Hints on the
Treatment of Criminals , and Observations on Homicidal Insanity . By James
Simpson . ' New York and Boston , 1834 . On the Mental Illumination and Moral
Improvement ...
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... Establishment at the Sandwich Islands , which was begun in the year 1819 , by
missionaries from Boston ; and which , apart from the praiseworthy religious
objects of it , will be of incalculable importance to the United States in many
respects ...
... Establishment at the Sandwich Islands , which was begun in the year 1819 , by
missionaries from Boston ; and which , apart from the praiseworthy religious
objects of it , will be of incalculable importance to the United States in many
respects ...
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What magnificence , what solitude , what originality , and what variety !! It is not
within our view , in this article , to speak of the geological character of the
Oceanic region farther than to observe , very briefly , that it contains objects of the
highest ...
What magnificence , what solitude , what originality , and what variety !! It is not
within our view , in this article , to speak of the geological character of the
Oceanic region farther than to observe , very briefly , that it contains objects of the
highest ...
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... except those whose attendance was required at the temple , no individual must
be seen out of doors ; no dog must bark , no pig must grunt , no cock must crow
— or the taboo would be broken , and fail to accomplish the object designed .
... except those whose attendance was required at the temple , no individual must
be seen out of doors ; no dog must bark , no pig must grunt , no cock must crow
— or the taboo would be broken , and fail to accomplish the object designed .
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Nor are we less gratified to meet with a volume , the object of which is to throw
light on the facts and principles of the Bible . To those who devote their powers to
the investigation and exposition of the truths of scripture , the world is , at the ...
Nor are we less gratified to meet with a volume , the object of which is to throw
light on the facts and principles of the Bible . To those who devote their powers to
the investigation and exposition of the truths of scripture , the world is , at the ...
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