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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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SURVEYING, ppr. Viewing with attention; examining particularly; measuring.
SURVEYING, n. That branch of mathematics which teaches the art of measuring land.
That branch of
applied mathematics which teaches the art of determining the area of
any portion of the earth's surface, the length and directions of the
bounding lines, the contour of the surface, etc., with an accurate
delineation of the whole on paper; the act or occupation of making
surveys.
Geodetic surveying, geodesy. --
Maritime, or Nautical,
surveying, that branch of surveying which
determines the forms of coasts and harbors, the entrances of rivers,
with the position of islands, rocks, and shoals, the depth of water,
etc. -- Plane surveying. See under
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