Outstanding work from an esteemed Founding Uncle.
Someone once said Noah Webster was not a Founding Father, per se, but he was a Founding Uncle.
Many homeschoolers who want to maintain a sense of traditional biblical education use this dictionary. It should be in every home, esp. Christian home.
Compare the definitions in this dictionary to modern dictionaries and see the difference. Here are a few:
"SAVIOR: one that saves or preserves; but properly applied only to Jesus Christ, the Redeemer, who has opened the way to everlasting salvation by his obedience and death, and who is therefore called the Savior, by way of distinction, the Savior of men, the Savior of the world. Gen. Washington may be called Saver, but not the Savior of his country".
MARRIAGE: the act of uniting a man and a woman for life; wedlock; the legal union of a man and woman for life. Marriage is a contract both civil and religious, by which the parties engage to live together in mutual affection and fidelity, till death shall separate them. Marriage was instituted by God himself for the purpose of preventing the promiscuous intercourse of the sexes, for promoting domestic felicity, and for securing the maintenance and education of children".
Get this dictionary...it's worth it!. And it is a very nice, large, and well-made book.
There is a prophetic statement by Noah Webster in the preface many are unaware of. It reads, in part:
"The United States commenced their existence under circumstances wholly novel and unexampled in the history of nations...and our language, within TWO CENTURIES, will be spoken by more people in this country, than any other on earth, except the Chinese...It has been my aim in this work, now offered to my fellow citizens, to ascertain the true principles of the language in its orthography and structure...which we shall not be ashamed to bequeath to THREE HUNDRED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, who are destined to occupy, and I hope, to adorn the vast territory with its jurisdiction..."
Mind, this was written in 1828. TWO HUNDRED YEARS as Noah Webster foretold. What is the population 200 years later?. A little over 300 million just as he stated.
I encourage you to get this dictionary. It's also just plain fun. Who knows how much longer it'll be available.Read full review
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