Item #38349 ORATION ON THE DUTIES OF YOUTH, TO INSTRUCTORS AND THEMSELVES: ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ART OF SPEAKING, AND OF DEBATING SOCIETIES: DELIVERED BY APPOINTMENT, BEFORE THE EUPHRADIAN SOCIETY OF THE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON, ON MONDAY 13TH AUGUST, 1832, IN THE COLLEGE CHAPEL. Thomas S. Grimke.
ORATION ON THE DUTIES OF YOUTH, TO INSTRUCTORS AND THEMSELVES: ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ART OF SPEAKING, AND OF DEBATING SOCIETIES: DELIVERED BY APPOINTMENT, BEFORE THE EUPHRADIAN SOCIETY OF THE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON, ON MONDAY 13TH AUGUST, 1832, IN THE COLLEGE CHAPEL.

ORATION ON THE DUTIES OF YOUTH, TO INSTRUCTORS AND THEMSELVES: ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ART OF SPEAKING, AND OF DEBATING SOCIETIES: DELIVERED BY APPOINTMENT, BEFORE THE EUPHRADIAN SOCIETY OF THE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON, ON MONDAY 13TH AUGUST, 1832, IN THE COLLEGE CHAPEL.

Charleston: Printed by A.E. Miller, 1832. 28pp. Stitched in original printed green wrappers, untrimmed. Rear plain wrapper has a tear, and the wrapper spine is worn away. Light foxing. Very Good. Presentation copy to "The Honble Edward Everett Boston From T.S.G."

Teachers, standing in loco parentis, discharge "a holy duty" in instructing the young. With learned footnotes, gathered in an Appendix, Grimke explains how teachers ought to fulfill their responsibilities. Like many members of his distinguished family, Grimke was active in the reform movements of the day.
AI 12749 [5]. II Turnbull 269. Item #38349

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