ENVY WISHES, THEN BELIEVES. AN ORATION, DELIVERED AT COMMENCEMENT, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE, JULY 20TH, 1796

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  • Leominster, (Massachusetts): Charles Prentiss, 1796
By Woods, Leonard
Leominster, (Massachusetts): Charles Prentiss, 1796. 16pp. Small release stamp at bottom of last page. Upper margin of title leaf repaired, else Very Good. Bound in modern quarter morocco, with gilt-lettered spine title, and marbled boards [bookplate on front pastedown].

"Hail, Harvard University. Surely the hopes of America can never be disappointed, while thy walls continue to be filled with learned and virtuous men." American education cultivates "simple manners", "noble virtue," and religion. The rest of the world-- Africa, Europe, South America, etc.-- is sunk in misery.
Evans 31654.

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Title

ENVY WISHES, THEN BELIEVES. AN ORATION, DELIVERED AT COMMENCEMENT, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE, JULY 20TH, 1796

Author

Woods, Leonard

Condition

Unknown

Publisher

Charles Prentiss: Leominster, (Massachusetts)

Date

1796


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