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A Columbia College Student in the Eighteenth Century / Daniel D. Tompkins ; with a foreword by Nicholas Murray Butler ; edited by Ray W. Irwin & Edna L. Jacobsen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tompkins, Daniel D., 1774-1825, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Columbia College (Columbia University).
- College students.
- Education, Higher.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [1940]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- The essays of Daniel D. Tompkins, a Columbia University graduate of the class of 1795. Represents a student's interests and opinions during this period in the University's history as Columbia College.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Foreword / Butler, Nicholas Murray
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Introduction
- On Choosing Public Officials
- On the Indians and Slavery
- On the Study of the Dead Languages
- On Idleness
- On Plays
- On Drunkenness
- On Oratory
- On Slavery: I
- On Slavery: II
- On the Development of the Arts and Sciences in America
- On Acquiring a Knowledge of Language and the Rules of Good Writing
- On Capital Punishment
- On the Difficulty of Writing Composition
- On Novels
- On Prejudice
- On the Comparative Merits of Studying Classical Poetry and Prose
- On Dishonesty and Extreme Indulgence
- On Government: I
- On Government: II
- On Juvenile Societies
- On Rural Life in Relation to Poetry
- On Knowledge
- On Suitable Courses of Study: I
- On Suitable Courses of Study: II
- On Publication
- Valedictory Oration
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780231876827
- 0231876823
- OCLC:
- 1100429533
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