Subject:  American Minute - Apr. 14 - Noah Webster & The Webster Dictionary
Date:  Fri, 13 Apr 2007 22:07:43 -0500
American Minute with Bill Federer

April 14

Noah Webster first published his Dictionary on APRIL 14, 1828. This
26-year project with 30,000 new definitions, standardized spelling
and gave American English its identity.

Proving unprofitable, the rights to were purchased after his death
by George and Charles Merriam.

In the preface of his original edition, Noah Webster wrote:

"In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of
the first things in which all children, under a free government ought
to be instructed...No truth is more evident to my mind than that the
Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to
secure the rights and privileges of a free people."

Webster concluded:

"To that great and benevolent Being...who has borne me and my
manuscripts in safety across the Atlantic, and given me strength and
resolution to bring the work to a close, I would present the tribute
of my most grateful acknowledgments."

Noah Webster's Dictionary defined "Property" as

"The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a
thing; ownership. In the beginning of the world, the Creator gave to
man dominion over the earth...It is one of the greatest blessings of
civil society that the property of citizens is well secured."



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