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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. Preface to 1828 Dictionary
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ATHWART', prep. [a and thwart. See Thwart.]
ATHWART', adv. In a manner to cross and perplex; crossly; wrong; wrongfully.
Across; from side to side
of.
Athwart the thicket lone. Across the direction or course
of; as, a fleet standing athwart our course.
Athwart hawse, across the stem of another vessel, whether in contact or at a small distance. -- Athwart ships, across the ship from side to side, or in that direction; -- opposed to fore and aft. Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise;
obliquely.
Sometimes athwart, sometimes he strook him
straight. Across the course; so as to thwart;
perversely.
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