{"id":596,"date":"2012-04-14T08:47:12","date_gmt":"2012-04-14T13:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pambhm.net\/blog\/?p=596"},"modified":"2012-04-14T08:47:12","modified_gmt":"2012-04-14T13:47:12","slug":"who-was-noah-webster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pambhm.net\/blog\/2012\/04\/14\/who-was-noah-webster\/","title":{"rendered":"Who was Noah Webster?"},"content":{"rendered":"

[from\u00c2\u00a0http:\/\/www.americanminute.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Noah Webster had served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War; was elected to the Connecticut General Assembly for 9 terms; and the Legislature of Massachusetts for three terms.<\/p>\n

Noah Webster first published his Webster’s Dictionary on APRIL 14, 1828.<\/p>\n

This 26-year project with 30,000 new definitions, standardized spelling and gave American English its identity.<\/p>\n

Proving unprofitable, the rights were purchased after his death by George and Charles Merriam.<\/p>\n

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In the preface of his original edition, Noah Webster wrote:<\/p>\n

“In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed…<\/p>\n

No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people.”<\/p>\n

Noah Webster concluded:<\/p>\n

“To that great and benevolent Being…who has borne me and my manuscripts in safety across the Atlantic, and given me strength and resolution to bring the work to a close, I would present the tribute of my most grateful acknowledgments.”<\/p>\n

Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary defined “Property” as:<\/p>\n

“The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing; ownership. In the beginning of the world, the Creator gave to man dominion over the earth…<\/p>\n

It is one of the greatest blessings of civil society that the property of citizens is well secured.”<\/p>\n

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Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary defined “Religion” as:<\/p>\n

“A belief in the being and perfections of God, in the revelation of His will to man, in man”s obligation to obey His commands, in a state of reward and punishment, and in man’s accountableness to God…<\/p>\n

The practice of moral duties without a belief in a divine lawgiver, and without reference to his will or commands, is not religion.”<\/p>\n

Noah Webster wrote to James Madison, October 16, 1829:<\/p>\n

“The Christian religion, in its purity, is the basis or rather the source of all genuine freedom in government…<\/p>\n

I am persuaded that no civil government of a republican form can exist and be durable, in which the principles of that religion have not a controlling influence.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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