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A Discourse Delivered Before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Bowdoin College, September 5, 1850

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Phi Beta Kappa discourse on the perpetuity of intellectual influence, arguing that great minds and their works (Homer, Demosthenes, Michelangelo, Luther) shape generations.
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A prolific preacher and author, Sprague is also known as the “Patriarch of American Collectors,” for his collection of autographs, including those of every signer of the Declaration of Independence, pamphlets and other materials. He authored the Annals of the American Pulpit, an important collection of biographical sketches.

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