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This work examines the state of education within America and draws upon international examples as well.

This is a discourse presented by the Honorable Lewis Cass, president of the American Historical Society. It examines the organizations history, provides a copy of their constitution and officers, and their past, present, and future operations as a society as well as its significance.

Contains the reasoning for installing Lathrop as well as an address that was presented at the inauguration.

This is a short explanation about what it meant to practice medicine at the time and what responsibilities come along with practicing.

This address was presented to the senior class of the Transylvania law department at the close of the didactic course on February 24, 1847. The person presenting the address is George Robertson.

This selection discusses how the church in Scotland chooses to allocate its finances and includes recommendations on how to better manage the funds to better benefit the people. The author is Reverend Thomas Chalmers, and there is an introduction by the American editor.

This booklet is concerned with the works of Shakespeare and Boydell, a man that painted scenes from Shakespeare's works. It gives a list of characters and their attributes from the work "The Merchant of Venice." It provides information about different Shakespeare literary societies, and there is an overview of the play "Hamlet."

This address discusses the United States' prosperity as result of virtuous excellence. The author also discusses what the United States does for the welfare of the international community with special emphasis on those that are naturally inferior to the American race. It asserts that it is our duty as a nation to improve and enlighten those people and to help them develop into productive states.

This piece outlines general recommendations pertaining to judicial reform.

This address discusses law as a profession and what it takes to be successful. The author talks about the responsibilities associated with the occupation, the non-stop research and learning required to hone the skills of a lawyer, and how law is similar to a science in the way that perceptions of law change over time and evolve.