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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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LES'SON, n. les'n. [L. lectio, from lego, to read.]
LES'SON, v.t. les'n. To teach; to instruct.
Anything read or recited to a teacher by a pupil or learner;
something, as a portion of a book, assigned to a pupil to be studied
or learned at one time.
That which is learned or taught by an
express effort; instruction derived from precept, experience,
observation, or deduction; a precept; a doctrine; as, to take or give
a lesson in drawing.
" A smooth and pleasing
lesson." Milton.
Emprinteth well this lesson in your mind. Chaucer. A portion of Scripture read in divine
service for instruction; as, here endeth the first
lesson.
A severe lecture; reproof; rebuke;
warning.
She would give her a lesson for walking so late. Sir. P. Sidney. An exercise; a composition
serving an educational purpose; a study.
To teach] to instruct.
Shak.
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