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title: 'An Inaugural Address Delivered Before the Trustees of Dickinson College, at Carlisle, Pa., November 9, 1824'
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authors:
- 'William Neill'
date: 1824-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Education'
- 'Family, Marriage, and Roles of Men and Women'
- 'Character and Conduct of Life'
scriptures:
- 'Proverbs 22'
- 'Romans 3'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/neill-1824-an-inaugural-address-delivered-before-the-trustees-of-dickinson-college-at-carlisle-pa-november-9-1824
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# An Inaugural Address Delivered Before the Trustees of Dickinson College, at Carlisle, Pa., November 9, 1824

Inaugural address arguing for public education's primacy, moral and religious formation of youth, and the value of classical studies and female instruction for a flourishing republic.

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