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title: 'Baccalaureate Address, Pronounced on the Seventh Anniversary Commencement of the University of Nashville'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'Philip Lindsley'
date: 1832-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Education'
- 'Citizenship and Government'
- 'Politics'
scriptures:
- 'John 17'
- 'Psalms 133'
- 'Proverbs 4'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/lindsley-1832-baccalaureate-address-pronounced-on-the-seventh-anniversary-commencement-of-the-university-of-nashville
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# Baccalaureate Address, Pronounced on the Seventh Anniversary Commencement of the University of Nashville

1832 baccalaureate urging education as the safeguard of liberty and the Union. Warns against demagogues and sectional delusion (tariff/nullification) and calls for broader public instruction.

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