A DISCOURSE DELIVERED IN THE CHURCH IN BRATTLE STREET, IN BOSTON, TUESDAY, JUNE 11TH, 1799, BEFORE THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Boston: 1799. Small quarto, 23pp, half title, stitched, Near Fine.
Hurd says man's consciousness of his own existence is the basis for "pursuing our own pleasure." But he also discusses the "principle" that leads humans "to love and cherish others," and the manifestations of "that spirit, which pervades an American bosom," in the multitude of voluntary associations that proliferate.
Evans 35648. Austin 1007. Item #4936
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