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title: 'An Address Delivered Before the Ereuneteon and Matheteon Literary Societies of the Elders’ Ridge Presbyterial Academy, Pa., September 29th, 1853'
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authors:
- 'Cortlandt  Van Rensselaer, Sr.'
date: 1854-05-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Education'
- 'Journals, Magazines, and Newspapers'
scriptures:
- 'Deuteronomy 6'
- 'Proverbs 22'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/van-rensselaer-1854-an-address-delivered-before-the-ereuneteon-and-matheteon-literary-societies-of-the-elders-ridge-presbyterial-academy-pa-september-29th-1853
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# An Address Delivered Before the Ereuneteon and Matheteon Literary Societies of the Elders’ Ridge Presbyterial Academy, Pa., September 29th, 1853

1854 Pennsylvania School Journal article arguing common schools uplift agriculture, civic virtue, and moral education; it praises literary societies and the arts for youth development.

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