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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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SAP'PHIRE, n. [L. sapphirus; Gr. to scrape, to shine, to be fair, open, beautiful.]
Native alumina or aluminium sesquioxide,
Al2O3; corundum; esp., the blue transparent
variety of corundum, highly prized as a gem.
Of rubies, sapphires, and of pearlés white. Chaucer. * Sapphire occurs in hexagonal crystals and also in granular and massive forms. The name sapphire is usually restricted to the blue crystals, while the bright red crystals are called Oriental rubies (see under Ruby), the amethystine variety Oriental amethyst (see under Amethyst), and the dull massive varieties corundum (a name which is also used as a general term to include all varieties). See Corundum. The color of the gem; bright
blue.
Any humming bird of the
genus Hylocharis, native of South America. The throat and
breast are usually bright blue.
Star sapphire, or Asteriated sapphire (Min.), a kind of sapphire which exhibits asterism. Of or resembling
sapphire; sapphirine; blue.
"The sapphire blaze."
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