THE

LECTURES

DELIVERED BEFORE THE

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF INSTRUCTION,

AT

MONTPELIER, VT., AUGUST, 1849 ;

INCLUDING

THE JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS,

AND

A LIST OF THE OFFICERS.

PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD OF CENSORS.

BOSTON:
TICKNOR, REED, & FIELDS,

Corner of Washington and School Sts.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1850, by

TICKNOR, REED, & FIELDS, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.

CONTENTS.

JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS,

LIST OF OFFICERS,

LECTURE I. -

THE DEFECT OF THE PRINCIPLE OF RELIGIOUS

AUTHORITY IN MODERN EDUCATION. BY

JOHN H. HOPKINS, D. D.,

Page

LECTURE II.

THE EDUCATION DEMANDED BY THE PECU.

LIAR CHARACTER OF OUR CIVIL INSTITU-

TIONS. BY BENJAMIN LABAree, D. D.,

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