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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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G`ARLAND, n. [L. gyrus. It seems to denote something round or twisted, for in Spanish it is used for a wreath or cordage or puddening.]
G`ARLAND, v.t. To deck with a garland.
The crown of a king.
[Obs.]
Graffon. A wreath of chaplet made of branches,
flowers, or feathers, and sometimes of precious stones, to be worn on
the head like a crown; a coronal; a wreath.
Pope.
The top; the thing most prized.
Shak. A book of extracts in prose or poetry; an
anthology.
They [ballads] began to be collected into little miscellanies under the name of garlands. Percy. A sort
of netted bag used by sailors to keep provision in.
To deck with a garland.
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