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title: 'An Address, Delivered July 20, 1830, Before the Peithessophian and Philoclean Societies of Rutgers College'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'William Wirt'
date: 1852-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Education'
- 'Personal Piety'
- 'Temperance'
scriptures:
- 'Genesis 1'
- 'Proverbs 22'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/wirt-1852-an-address-delivered-july-20-1830-before-the-peithessophian-and-philoclean-societies-of-rutgers-college
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# An Address, Delivered July 20, 1830, Before the Peithessophian and Philoclean Societies of Rutgers College

William Wirt's 1830 address urging Rutgers students to embrace education, self-discipline, and Christian piety; warns against skeptical literature and commends temperance.

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