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WEBSTER'S
QUARTO DICTIONARY,
UNABRIDGED
SOLD BY ALL BOOKSELLERS.
Published by G. Il c. MERRIAM,
SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
FROM DANIEL WEES TER.
possess many Dictionaries and of most oftho
learned and cultivated languages ancient and
modern; but never feel that am entirely arm
ed an equipped, in this respect, without DR..
Webster at command.
DAN. WEBSTER.
FROM RUFUS CHoATE.
IEssRs g. d c. MLRRrAN. Gentlemen
have just had the honor Of receiving the noble
volume in which you and the great photographer
and the accomplished rcyiscr, unite your labors
TO "bil the language liye.n a.ceptit with the
highest prtdo and pleasure, and beg to adopt, in
It's utmost strength and extent, the testimonial
Of Daniel Webster.
RUFUS CHOATE.
FROM JOHN c, SPENCER.
UnQucstiOnably the very best Dictionary in
our Language cXtant. It's great accuracy in the
the definition and derivation Of words, gives it
possesses. It's constantly cited and relied on in
our courts Of justice, in our legislative bodies,
and in public discussions, as entirely conclusive.
JOHN c. SPENCER.
FROM ELIHU BURRITT.
Webs,er's great Dictionary may be regarded as
bearing the same relation to the English language
which Nowton's Prncipia 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 ap-
pears to rs, has access to the necdful resources
for understanding or using our native tongue
who does not keep this vast and rich repository
Of pathological labor and learning at his side
Its sdetlnitiOns-now almost universally acknowl-
edged to be unTivaled for completeness and accu-
Tacy, and the avoidance Of mere svnonvms--tO-
gether with some of its other features, render il
/ indispensable in every library and at every wri-
| ting desk. +. D. HUNTINGTON.
FROM PROF. PHELPS, THEO. SEM, ANDovER
/ His work fills place in our literature which is
occupied by no other. No professional man can
afford to dispense with 1t, if lie aims at sound
scholarship in his knowledge Of the English
tongue. AUSTIN PHELPS.
FROM HOY.A. sMYTH, STATE sUPERIyTEND-
COLUMBUS, o., Feb. 20, 1856.
Being from conviction Webster man.
A. SMYTH.
/ FROM PRESIDENT HOPKINS, WILLIAMS COL
LEGE.
There Is no American scholar who does not
I feel proud Of the labors Of DR.. Webster, as the
/ pioneer Of Lexicography on this continent, and
who will not readily admit the great and distinct
" " MARK HOPKINS.
FROM JOHN C. WHITTIER.
The best and safest gIide of the students oi
our language. JOHN G. WHITTIER.
FROM FITZ GREENE HALLECK.
! Of 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 even improvement, in our
time, unnecessary in its department Of instruc-
ton. FITZ GREENE HALLECh'
FROM JOHN G. SAKE.
BURLNGToN, Vt, March 20, 1855.
( am one Of those who have always been proud
Of Mr. Webster as a learned Philologist. By hi:
labors as a photographer, he has done more than
all our writers TO give character and nationality
/ to American literature. In no respect can hi;
dictionary be regarded as deficient, while in the
| department of Etymology-the only part Of q
lexicon requiring great labor and profound cru
/ dition-he is, by common confession Of scholars
without rival either in this country or in Eu-
/ rope. JOHN G.. SAKE.
! Also, Webster's School Dictionaries, publish
d By G. & MEE RIAN, Springfield, Mass. tno2'