While European scholarship in the Classics has a long and established tradition, very little has been written on the history of classical scholarship in North America. By providing profiles of some 600 North American Classicists, this reference book presents a starting point for defining the history of Classical scholarship in Canada and the United States. Included are those Classicists who made significant contributions to the field and those who are representative figures. The people profiled were either born in the United States or Canada, or were born in other countries but had careers in North America. They were either founding fathers of the profession, scholars known more for their specialized contributions, or members of smaller or remote institutions who achieved at least regional distinction for their work. The first part of each entry provides basic biographical and professional information. A narrative summary of the person's career follows, and each profile closes with a short bibliography. The entries are arranged in alphabetical order and were written by expert contributors.

Title: Two sermons preached in the First Church in Plymouth, Mass.: Sunday, July 4, 1847.Author: George W BriggsPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP03973700CollectionID: CTRG02-B432PublicationDate: 18470101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: Collation: 31 p.; 23 cm

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ADDEESS TO THE CONGKEGATION BY EEV. GEORGE W. BRIGGS, D. D. Christian Friends: I more than share the universal regret that the older church of our faith in this city speaks to you in these glad services of consecration through a transient occupant of its pulpit. rather than from the lips of its own honored minister, Could he be present now, with all the associations of years of friendship stirring his heart, with all the inspirations of Palestine enkindling his soul, how fitly would he speak the words of fellowship and brotherhood, how glowingly would he utter words of living faith and Christian cheer. Still, though representing his congregation only for the hour I feel authorized to give you the special congratulations of its members; congratulations expressed with far greater emphasis by the names of its delegates, than by any words of mine. I confidently give you, also, the congratulations of our whole brotherhood of churches; of our ministers and people, all of whom glory in your success, and rejoice in your joy. It is always an occasion of true joy, indeed, to see a new temple, enriched by art, by whatever may delight the eye, or charm the taste, as well as speak to worshipping hearts to quicken the religious sentiment and life, consecrated to Christian worship. We would carry the Gospel to the poorest, and pour its life-giving influences around them all, as freely as God sends the air and the light to all alike. Let there be places whose doors open so widely, that they seem to speak to men with the universal, loving invitation of Jesus to the multitudes; places, halls, theatres, groves, whatever they may be, yet made churches for the hour, because living men stand in them to speak God's everlasting truth to needy, suffering, sinning brother souls. God be thanked for ev...

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