“The head should not be furnished at the expense of the heart.”

—  William Augustus Muhlenberg

AN ADDRESS, Delivered by WM. AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, after a public examination of the Students of the Institute at Flushing, L.I., July 28, 1831.

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United States Anglican Episcopal clergyman 1796–1877

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