The Improvement of the Mind; With Corrections, Questions, and Supplement by Joseph Emerson
Boston: James Loring, 1833. Revised Stereotype Edition. 15 x 10 cm. 24 mo. 234 pages. Occassional foxing. Small chips missing from top and bottom of spine. Rubbing to edges of the boards. Good. Item #53603
From the first page: "The grand object... is to improve and enrich the mind; "to unfold and invigorate the faculties; to store the mind with the most useful information; to nip the buds of prejudice; to conteract its poison; to stay the tide of passion; to emancipate the mind enthralled; to expand, to elevate and liberalize the views; to form the habits; to subject every power, thought, and pursuit, to the empire of reason; to subordinate all to the service of God - in short, to prepare the mortal and immortal part of our nature for the greatest possible usefulness and enjoyment both here and forever."
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