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Title: The centennial anniversary of the city of Hamilton, Ohio
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: McClung, David Waddle, 1831- (from old catalog) ed
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Publisher: Hamilton, Ohio (Cincinnati, The Lawrence printing and publishing company)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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to provide against impendingstorms, and the destruction of the elements in such way as often to saveboth life and property. Applied sience has done much to ameliorate thesuffering of men and to give increased safety to people. Of all these things1791 new nothing. The progress of the century in this way has brought anew world indeed. A sixth contrast is suggested in our educational and religious progressNow here will the contrast seem sharper. The public school, in which ismistured the highest patriotism, has always been a crown of glory to ourcountry. An annual expense of one hundred millions only begins to tellthe story of the work done in this direction. Our system has grown and ex-panded until the average high school now does more for the pupil than somecolleges of one hundred years ago. In addition to the public school is theprivate school, the normal school, the business college, the technical schoolsof all sorts, the agricultural colleges, the scientific schools, the colleges of
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LAKE AND KKFLKCTION, GREENWOOD CEMETERY. THE CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF HAMILTON, O. I09 arts, the professional schools and the universities. We are coining to thedays of large things in this line. The nation has given liberally to encourageeducation in the states and the states in turn have given large amounts.The church and private individuals seem to rival one another in their zealto provide for the education of the people. All this it is important to note isin the interest tor the masses and not for the few. One hundred 5ears agoa fair education was a luxurj enjoyed by the favored. Now such provisionis made that every industrious willing person has within his grasp a goodeducation. This wide spread intelligence is fast giving character to ourcountry. Instead of an occiisional man of rare excellence, our system nowfinds its best product in the higher average of the whole people. Closely allied to our educational development is the religious growth. So impartial an observer as Prof.

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