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FROM DANIEL WEBS TER.
| Ipossess many Dictionaries, and of most the
learned and cultivated languages, ancient and
modern; but never feel that am entirely arm
ed an equipped, in this respect, without DR..
Webster ut command.
DAN. WEBSTER.
FROM RUFUS CHoATE.
IEssRs. g. d c. MERRIAM. Gentlemen
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RUFUS CHoATE.
FROM JOHN C. SPENCER.
Unquestionably the very best Dictionary in
our Language extant. Its great accuracy in the
the definition and derivation of words, gives it
an authority that no other work on the subject
possesses tits 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.
Webster's great Dictionary may be regarded as
bearing the same relation to the English language
which Newton'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-
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| for understanding or using our native tongue,
who does not keep this vast and rich repository
Of pathological labor and learning at his side
J Its defnitiOns-now almost universally acknOwl-
edged to be unrivaled for completeness and accu e
racy, and the avoidance Of mere synonyms--to-
gether with some of its other features, render it
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 it, il 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, 1856.
Being from conviction Webster man.
A. SMYTH.
FROM PRESIDENT HOPKINS, WILLIAMS COL
I LEGE.
There Is no American scholar who does not
feel proud of the labors Of DR.. Webster, as the
| pioneer of LeXcography on this continent. and
who will not readily admit the great and distinct
ivO merits of his Dictionary.
MARK HOPKINS.
FROM JOHN C. WHITTIER.
The best and safest g1ide of the students Of
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FROM FITZ GREENE HALLEcK.
Of the book itself hear but one opinion from
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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-
| tion. FITZ GREENE HALLECK.
! FROM JOHN G. SAKE.
BURLINGTON, VT, March 90, 1856.
| am one Of those who have always been proud
of Mr.. Webster as learned Phiologist. By his
labors as photographer, he has done more 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 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
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