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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.

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1828 Definition

HOW, adv. In what manner. I know not how to answer.

How can a man be born when he is old?

How can these things be? John 3.

1. To what degree or extent. How long shall we suffer these indignities? How much better is wisdom than gold!

O how love I thy law! How sweet are thy words to my taste. Ps.119.

2. For what reason; from what cause.

How now, my love, why is your cheek so pale?

3. By what means. How can this effect by produced?

4. In what state.

How, and with what reproach shall I return!

5. It is used in a sense marking proportion; as how much less; how much more.

Behold, he putteth no trust in his servants--how much less in them that dwell in houses of clay-- Job.4.

By how much they would diminish the present extent of the sea, so much they would impair the fertility and fountains and rivers of the earth.

6. It is much used in exclamation.

How are the mighty fallen! 2 Sam.1.

7. In some popular phrases, how is superfluous or inelegant.

Thick clouds put us in some hope of land; knowing how that part of the South Sea was utterly unknown.

1913 Definition

How (how)
adv.	(?)
How
[OE. how, hou, hu, hwu, AS. h(?), from the same root as hw, hwæt, who, what, pron. interrog.; akin to OS. hww, D. hoe, cf. G. wie how, Go

In what manner or way; by what means or process.

How can a man be born when he is old? John iii. 4.

To what degree or extent, number or amount; in what proportion; by what measure or quality.

O, how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. Ps. cxix. 97.

By how much they would diminish the present extent of the sea, so much they would impair the fertility, and fountains, and rivers of the earth. Bentley.

For what reason; from what cause.

How now, my love! why is your cheek so pale? Shak.

In what state, condition, or plight.

How, and with what reproach, shall I return? Dryden.

By what name, designation, or title.

How art thou called? Shak.

At what price; how dear.

[Obs.]

How a score of ewes now? Shak.

* How is used in each sense, interrogatively, interjectionally, and relatively; it is also often employed to emphasize an interrogation or exclamation. "How are the mighty fallen!" 2 Sam. i. 27. Sometimes, also, it is used as a noun; -- as, the how, the when, the wherefore. Shelley.

Let me beg you -- don't say "How?" for "What?" Holmes.

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The foundation for American Heritage Access [AHA] strives to capture the essence of American culture with an intent to make early American manuscripts accessible to modern society. We believe that the successful future of this country is dependent on honoring and respecting its past. In order to achieve this ideal, several projects will be introduced and executed. The first initiatives of Project::Noah will involve the accessibility of the 1828 American dictionary.

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The first vision, Vision::Reprint, has an intent to make a modern printing of the first dictionary of the American language available to the public for under $25. The first task, Task::Access, involves the digitizing of the original 1828 dictionary. The dictionary is available in microfilm (American Culture Series, Reel 335.6-336.1, Michigan University Microfilms) at many universities. To digitize the microfilm as a batch process requires a special scanner.

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The third vision, Vision::Recapture, has an intent to evoke the importance of Noah Webster in our American Heritage. This vision will manifest itself in a commissioned painting of Noah Webster. The process involved will require the input from concerned Americans. The final commission painting will be derived from initial sketches and digital compositions. Feedback from the community is essential for this vision's success throughout the entire process.

May 26, 2012