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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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TRANSIENT, a. tran'shent. [L. transiens, transeo; trans and eo.]
Transient person, a person that is passing or traveling through a place; one without a settled habitation.
Passing before the sight or
perception, or, as it were, moving over or across a space or scene viewed,
and then disappearing; hence, of short duration; not permanent; not lasting
or durable; not stationary; passing; fleeting; brief; transitory; as,
transient pleasure.
"Measured this transient world."
Milton. Hasty; momentary; imperfect; brief; as, a
transient view of a landscape.
Staying for a short time; not regular or
permanent; as, a transient guest; transient boarders.
[Colloq. U. S.]
Syn. -- Transient, Transitory, Fleeting. Transient represents a thing as brief at the best; transitory, as liable at any moment to pass away. Fleeting goes further, and represents it as in the act of taking its flight. Life is transient; its joys are transitory; its hours are fleeting. What is loose love? A transient gust. Pope If [we love] transitory things, which soon decay, O fleeting joys -- That which remains but
for a brief time.
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