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HUMAN'ITY, n. [L. humanitas.]

1. The peculiar nature of man, by which he is distinguished from other beings. Thus Christ, by his incarnation, was invested

with humanity.

2. Mankind collectively; the human race.

If he is able to untie those knots,he is able to teach all humanity.

It is a debt we owe to humanity.

3. The kind feelings, dispositions and sympathies of man,by which he is distinguished from the lower orders of animals; kindness; benevolence; especially, a disposition to relieve persons in distress, and to treat with tenderness those who are helpless and defenseless; opposed to cruelty.

4. A disposition to treat the lower orders of animals with tenderness, or at least to give them no unnecessary pain.

5. The exercise of kindness; acts of tenderness.

6. Philology; grammatical studies.

Humanities, in the plural, signifies grammar, rhetoric and poetry; for teaching which there are professors in the universities of Scotland.

1913 Definition
Humanity (humanity)
n.(?)
Hu*man"i*ty
; pl. Humanities (#). [L. humanitas: cf. F. humanité. See Human.]
  1. The quality of being human; the peculiar nature of man, by which he is distinguished from other beings.
  2. Mankind collectively; the human race.

    But hearing oftentimes
    The still, and music humanity.
    Wordsworth.

    It is a debt we owe to humanity. S. S. Smith.

  3. The quality of being humane; the kind feelings, dispositions, and sympathies of man; especially, a disposition to relieve persons or animals in distress, and to treat all creatures with kindness and tenderness.
    "The common offices of humanity and friendship." Locke.
  4. Mental cultivation; liberal education; instruction in classical and polite literature.

    Polished with humanity and the study of witty science. Holland.

  5. The branches of polite or elegant learning; as language, rhetoric, poetry, and the ancient classics; belles-letters.

    * The cultivation of the languages, literature, history, and archæology of Greece and Rome, were very commonly called literæ humaniores, or, in English, the humanities, . . . by way of opposition to the literæ divinæ, or divinity. G. P. Marsh.


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Noah Says...
The religion which has introduced civil liberty is the religion of Christ and His apostles, which enjoins humility, piety, and benevolence; which acknowledges in every person a brother, or a sister, and a citizen with equal rights. This is genuine Christianity, and to this we owe our free Constitutions of Government.
 History of the United States :: 1832 




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