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FROM DANIEL WEBSTER.
possess many Dictionaries, and Of most ofthe
learned and cultivated languages, ancient and
modern; but never feel that ] ain entirely arm.
ed an equipped, in this respect without Dr.
Webster ut command
DAN. WEBSTER.
FROM RUFUS cHoATE.
AEssts. g. & C. MERRIAM. Gentlemen
have just had the honor of receiving the noble
volume in which YOU and the great leXicographor
and the accomplished reviser unite your labors
to IBID the language live" acceptit it with the
highest pride and pleasure, and beg to adopt, in
its utmost strength and extent, the testimonial
of Daniel Webster.
RUFUS CHOATE.
FROM JOHN c. SPENCER.
UDquestionaby the very best Dictionary in
our Language extant. It's great accuracy in tho
the definition and derivation Of words, gives il
an authority That no other work on the subject
possesses. It's constantly cited and relied on in
our courts Of justice, in our legislative bodies,
and i'll public discussions, Ns entirely conclusive.
JOHN c. SPENCER.
FROM ELIHU BURRITT.
Webstcr's great dictionary may be regarded as
bearingthe same relation to the English language
which Newton's Principia does to the sublime
science Of Natural Philosophy.
ELIHU BURRITT.
FROM REV. DR.. HUNTINGTON, OF HARVARD
UNIVERSITY,
We are more than ever impressed with its
great compass and value. No student. as it APP
pears to us, has access to the needful resourcos
for understanding or using our native tongue.
who does not keep this vast and rich repository
Of pathological labor and learning at his side.-
It's tnilonS-nOw almost universally acknOwI-
edged to be unrivaled for completeness and accu-
racy, and the avoidance of mere synonyms-to-
gether with some Of its other features, render is
indispensable in every library and at every wri-
ting desk. F. d. HUNTINGTON.
FROM PROF. PHELPS, THEo. SEM, ANDovER,
His work fills place in our literature which ia
occupied by no other. No professional man can
afford to dispense with 1t, If he aims at sound
scholarship in his knowledge of the English
tongue. AUSTIN PHELPS.
FROM HON. A. sMYTH, STATE sUPERINTEND-
ENT ELECT OF SCHOOLS OF OHIO.
COLUMBUS, o., Feb. 20, 1855.
Being from conviction Webster man.
A. SMYTH.
FROM PRESIDENT HOPKINS, WILLIAMS COZ.
LEGE.
There is no American scholar who does not
feel proud OF the abors of DR.. Webster, as tie
pioneer of Le&icography on this continent, and
who will not readily admit the great ard distinct
i've merits of his Dictionary.
MARK HOPKINS.
FROM JOHN 6. WHITTIER.
The best and safest gJido of the students of
our language. JOHN G. WHITTIER.
FROM FITz GREENE RAtLEcK.
CT the book itself hear but one opinion from
all around me, and DO but echo the universal
voice in expressing my approval of its great
worth, and my belief that it has rendered any
further research, or oven Improvement in our
time, unnecessary in its department Of ns,ruc-
tion. FITZ GREENE HAIJFCK
FROM JOHN G. SAKE.
BURLINGTON, VT, March 90, 1856,
! am ono of those who have always been prord
of Mr.. Webster as a learned Philologist. Bv his
iabors asa photographer, he has done moro than
all our writers to give character and nationality
to American literature. In no respect can his
dictionary be regarded as deficient, while in the
department Of Etymology-the only part of a
lexicon requiring great labor and profound cru
dition-he is, by common confession Of scholars.
without rival either in this ehuntry or in Fu.
rope. JOHN q. SAVE
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