St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-08-16
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tons of the book
FROM PRESIDENTS OF COLLEGES.
LEONARD WOODS, d. D.. of Bowdoin College,
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your Dictionary"
CALVIN PEAsE. u. D., of University of Yer
mont. says The mature scholarship which
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feature where we have learning without ped
antry, and the fruits of the most accurate and
liberal research without ostcntation.'
BENJAMIN LAnAnEE. u. D.. of Mildlcbury
College, says: The Dictionary will prove m
cuNulIilS monument bi me Itdl ilt- lllbNNtlN
patience, and scholarly wisdom of its author.
and will place him high among the great lcXi-
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JAMES WALKER, d. D., of Harvard College
says: 1.-THE correctness of its Orhography,
and the ncatness of its definitions and method
of notation, together with its greater general
completeness and thorOughncsS, as the latest
Of the great Dictionaries, will make it an au
thority among scholars everywhere
c. c. FEIToN. IL. d., of Harvard College,
says: " In Orthography, Pronunciation and
Definition, the learned author has taken UNI
wearied pains to ascertain the best usage, and
in all these respects he has, beyond "a doubt,
produced work which will he of standard
authority in the United States and in Eng
land
MARK HOPKINS. u. H., of Williams College,
says " 1t is II proud monument of accurate
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| Of great influence in periccting and fixing, SO
far as is possible the nohlcst language now
spoken on the globe"
A. +. CRAINPI. # the Holy Cross, says
= The work is great, and destined, not unlike
ly, to supcrscde other English Dictionaries now
| in use.
HOSEA BALrov. Cd. D. n. of Tufts College,
says: Your Octave Dictionary has been,
from its first appearance, my usual guide i'll
matters of orthugraphy. pronunciation, and
definition. Though | have not had leisure to
Xamine the Quarto Dictionary with any de
gree of thUrouglmcSs, yet | cannot but pre-.
sumo. 10y anticipation, that the same cXccIlcn-
rcS will he found to mark it that distinguished
your former editions; and all that have tal.
len upon i'll Cursory inspection OF the work
confirms this presumption.
| DANIEL Il. GoODwIN. u. D. of Trinity Col
IL
was led to commend another Dictionary, as
On the whole, and with some EXCEPTIONS tn,
best and most complete thing ct the Kind
within my knowledge. The commentator
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must b, ,"lhdraHU m ffr0r of pO,TS. ! consider
yuur Dictionary in almost every respect in
Urthugrphy, prOnunciatiOn and definitions
as superior to any of its predecessors In
truth, never expected to see an English Die
tionary SO thorough, complete and satstactO-
ry.'
NJ. +. ANDERSON, IL. D., of University OF
| Rochester, says " 1t seems to me that you
have given to the world work. which for
completeness and accuracy. is superior to any
Dictionary of our language in existence. You
have crowned the labors of Il life in the pro-
luct0n Of a treatise which will identify you
with the history of English photography in
all coming time
JuuX MACLEAN. u. D., of the College OF
| New Jersey, says - As far as have examined
your Quarto Dictionary, ! have found it to he
accurate and reliable in its exposition of the
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GHi'S''''loh ii''s urtll nor 'ii"l l!'e' y NO,
pief monument OF profound learning patent
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to affect the general appearance OF the work
rs a dictionary. aud vet they give it many OF
the advantages, without the cost of an cncy-
clopedia
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T-nivrrsity saws 81 have .xairinnJ tho NJ
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nv cxnoctntioms I cnnsilnr II J"aiIn,ji,, th ','
n,3st rnm,,Intr and pr,trrt D;ct;onar,, nf tho
English Language. 1t cannot fail to take pre-
ccdence over all others. The great curse of
American LeXiteeraphy has been lawlesS
spirit of innovation, tending to the corruption
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standard of authority not only in tho United
"u'eS' pu' AIS" Ill oro"' hil'''i!i.
j. Il. LINDSEY, ID. D., Of University of