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title: 'An Oration on the Advantages of an Early Education, Delivered at Exeter, in … New-Hampshire, May 1, 1783, at the Opening of the Phillips Exeter Academy'
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authors:
- 'David McClure'
date: 1783-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '18th century'
topics:
- 'Education'
- 'Character and Conduct of Life'
- 'Orations and Addresses'
scriptures:
- 'Genesis 1'
- 'Psalms 8'
- 'Proverbs 22'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/18th-century/mcclure-1783-an-oration-on-the-advantages-of-an-early-education-delivered-at-exeter-in-new-hampshire-may-1-1783-at-the-opening-of-the-phillips-exeter-academy
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# An Oration on the Advantages of an Early Education, Delivered at Exeter, in … New-Hampshire, May 1, 1783, at the Opening of the Phillips Exeter Academy

1783 address at the opening of Phillips Exeter Academy urging early education to cultivate reason, virtue, and civic prosperity. Learning counters ignorance and promotes piety and industry.

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