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What does Webster's 1828 Dictionary reflect about American Education?

** An //American Dictionary of the English Language// **
-Webster learned 26 languages to research the origins of words -Dictionary includes about 70,000 entries -Webster's new additions: skunk, hickory, chowder -Webster's alterations: musick to music, centre to center, plough to plow

-Dictionary has long definitions, often including Bible verses and scriptural examples -Definition #1 for "truth:" "Conformity to fact or reality; exact accordance with that which is, or has been, or shall be. The truth of history constitutes its whole value. We rely on the truth of the scriptural prophecies. My mouth shall speak truth. Prov.8. Sanctify them through thy truth; thy word is truth. John. 17."

-Webster writes, "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... 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."

-The Bible is not used as extensively in schools -We do not place such a large emphasis on instruction about the Christian religion
 * Change in American Education **

**Sources:** http://1828.mshaffer.com/d/word/truth http://www.christianbook.com/websters-american-dictionary-language-1828-edition/noah-webster/9780912498034/pd/9803X http://www.merriam-webster.com/info/noah.htm