An essay on the philosophical character of Channing

Hazard, Rowland G.

Published by James Munroe and Co, Boston, 1845

About this Item

First edition, 8vo, pp. 40; original gray printed wrappers; minor foxing, back wrapper partially separating; all else very good. With the ownership signature at the top of the front wrapper of "Miss Philadelphia Ellery." Hazard (1801-1888) was a native Rhode Islander who spent most of his life at the family business manufacturing woolens. He served three terms as a member of the R.I. House of Representatives. "His underlying interests were philosophical. When on his business trips, while travelling on packets and stage-coaches, on boats and trains, he made notes for later books" (DAB). He immediately attracted the attention of William Ellery Channing with his book, Language: Its Connexion with the Present Condition and Future Prospects of Man. Of Hazard Channing wrote, "I have known a man of vigorous intellect, who had enjoyed few advantages of early education, and whose mind was almost engrossed by the details of an extensive business, but who composed a book of much original thought, in steamboats and on horseback, while visiting distant customers." Channing, himself a Rhode Islander and Unitarian minister in Boston was one of the great liberals of his day, writing and preaching against slavery, and promoting philanthropic endeavors. Seller Inventory # 57333

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Title: An essay on the philosophical character of ...

Publisher: James Munroe and Co, Boston

Publication Date: 1845

Binding: Soft cover

Edition: 1st Edition