The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-03-09
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THOMAS w. WHITE. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR,
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l. chiefly TO literature, but occasionally finding room
for articles that fall within the scope of Science and
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IT'S matter has been, as will continue to be, in the main
original
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blended with discussions in literature moral science,
otherwise unobJec,ionalle gain Abundance the
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primary They dross, tolerated only because IT can
well be severed from the sterling ~herewith II is
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ber which merit only to be burned In this age OF publ.
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The soft, assuasive influence Of literature is needed to
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riotng abroad They should be driven by indignant
rebuke or dashed by rdicule, into their fitting haunts.
Ignorance lords il, immense proportion OF our
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the enlgLtened and increase their number that the
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The South peculiarly, rcgnhes such an agent In all
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literary of the Southern people, compared ~hhose
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better, contribute essential degree to- dispe the
lowering clouds that threaten the peace OF BOTH and
brighten and strengthen the sacred ties of aterna
love.
fifth No of its third volume. How far it has acted out the
ideas here uttered. it is for the editor to say He
believes however, that it falls further short Of them
than human weakness usually makes practice fall short OF
theory.
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