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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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PYG'MY, n. [L. pygmoeus; Gr. the fist; as big as the fist.]
A dwarf; a person not exceeding a cubit in highth. This appellation was given by the ancients to a fabulous race of beings inhabiting Thrace, who waged war with the cranes and were destroyed.
Of
or pertaining to a pygmy; resembling a pygmy or dwarf; dwarfish; very
small.
" Like that Pygmean race." Milton.
Pygmy antelope (Zoöl.), the kleeneboc. -- Pygmy goose (Zoöl.), any species of very small geese of the genus Nettapus, native of Africa, India, and Australia. -- Pygmy owl (Zoöl.), the gnome. -- Pygmy parrot (Zoöl.), any one of several species of very small green parrots (Nasiternæ), native of New Guinea and adjacent islands. They are not larger than sparrows. One of a fabulous race of dwarfs who waged war with the cranes,
and were destroyed.
Hence, a short, insignificant person; a
dwarf.
Pygmies are pygmies still, though perched
on Alps. One of a race of Central
African Negritos found chiefly in the great forests of the equatorial
belt. THey are the shortest of known races, the adults ranging from
less than four to about five feet in stature. They are timid and shy,
dwelling in the recesses of the forests, though often on good terms
with neighboring Negroes.
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