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on 1/9/1806
in England
January 9 : Lord naval hero credited with saving Britain from a French invasion was buried at St Pauls Cathedral #history
on 1/9/1806
in England
January 9 : Lord naval hero credited with saving Britain from a French invasion was buried at St Pauls Cathedral #history
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on 11/15/1806
in U.S.
November 15 : explorer sighted mountaintop now known as in present-day Colorado #history
in 1806
"Such is my veneration for every religion that reveals the attributes of the Deity, or a future state of rewards and punishments, that I had rather see the opinions of Confucius or Mahomed inculcated upon our youth than see them grow up wholly devoid of a system of religious principles."
in 1806
"The business of education has lay[ed] the foundations for nurseries of wise and good men, to adapt our modes of teaching to the peculiar form of our government . . . . He must be taught to love his fellow creatures in every part of the world, but he must cherish with a more intense and peculiar affection the citizens of Pennsylvania and of the United States."
in 1806
"[T]he only foundation for a useful education in a republic is to be laid in religion. Without this there can be no virtue, and without virtue there can be no liberty, and liberty is the object and life of all republican governments."
in 1806
"The encouragement of a taste for elegant luxuries discourages the relish for luxuries that are gross and sensual, debilitating to the body, and demoralising to the mind. These last, it must be acknowledged, are prevailing in our country; they are perhaps the natural growth of domestic affluence and civil liberty. "
in 1806
"The fine arts, both in those who cultivate and those only who admire them, open and expand the mind to great ideas. They inspire liberal feelings, create a harmony of temper, favorable to a sense of justice and a habit of moderation in our social intercourse. "
![Picture of Jean Étienne Despreaux in 1806 [Jean Etienne Despréaux].](http://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=5094849&t=w)
