A Discourse, delivered on the Dedication of Manning Hall, the Chapel and Library of Brown University, February 4, 1835. Published by request of the Alumni of the University.
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Year: 1835
Entry: Wayland, Francis A Discourse, delivered on the Dedication of Manning Hall, the Chapel and Library of Brown University, February 4, 1835. Published by request of the Alumni of the University. Providence: Marshall, Brown & Co., 1835. 40 p.
Author/Editor: Francis Wayland
Location: Providence, RI
Holdings: In most academic libraries
Title: A Discourse, delivered on the Dedication of Manning Hall, the Chapel and Library of Brown University, February 4, 1835. Published by request of the Alumni of the University.
Printer/Publisher: Marshall, Brown & Co.
Language: English
Notes: On pp. 39-40 has a discussion of religious tolerance at Brown University, a school chartered by the Baptists. Jewish students, for instance, are welcomed and they have complete freedom to practice their religion. They "were formally exempted from the law which commanded, on penalty of expulsion, that no student should deny the divine authority of the Old and New Testaments." Cover title: The Dependence of Science upon Religion. A Discourse. Rinderknecht 35295.