Instances, rare instances, of such "melioration" and of such "schools of instruction," I doubt not there have been: but, I am confident, that the. From Wordnik.com. [The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus] Reference
You might perhaps say "melioration," but "improvement" is the proper word. '. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 1] Reference
They shared in the general melioration of the age. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864] Reference
Incapacity of melioration is the only mortal distemper. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860] Reference
As the two great causes of the melioration in the lot of the slaves since the establishment of our Independence, I should set down: 1. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921] Reference
What does seem surprising is that in Academe, unlike “Real Life” continuing experience and maturation does not produce the melioration of radical viewpoints. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Interesting Study on Professors’ Ideology:] Reference
Do not let the dying die: hold them back to this world, until you have charged their ear and heart with this message to other spiritual societies, announcing the melioration of our planet. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862] Reference
Prior to the agitation of this subject of abolition, there was a progressive melioration in the condition of the slaves -- schools of instruction were opened by humane and religious persons. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918] Reference
"No great melioration of the human condition was ever achieved without the concurrent effort of numbers; and no extended and well-directed association of moral influence was ever made in vain.". From Wordnik.com. [Select Temperance Tracts] Reference
Influenced by a conviction of this truth, our attention has been directed to a gradual melioration of their condition, and to the adoption of such measures as will conduce to their elevation to a higher rank in society. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921] Reference
Royal negative closed the last door to every hope of melioration. From Wordnik.com. [Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1] Reference
The idea of novelty is there indissolubly connected with the idea of melioration. From Wordnik.com. [American Institutions and Their Influence] Reference
Government, for the melioration of the condition of the Slave population, No. 230, of. From Wordnik.com. [Reuben Maddison: a true story,] Reference
Peace followed victory, and the melioration of the condition of the enemy followed peace. From Wordnik.com. [Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3.] Reference
But a memorable melioration of the state of man will carry some degree of conviction to the hearts of all. From Wordnik.com. [Thoughts on Man: His Nature, Productions, and Discoveries] Reference
Truth and reafon have led to this melioration of manners - — it will lead to more benefits to mankind. —. From Wordnik.com. [An historical, geographical, commercial, and philosophical view of the United States of America, and of the European settlements in America and the West-Indies] Reference
But it is also true, that the noblest efforts for human melioration have come out of it, -- have been based upon it. From Wordnik.com. [The American Union Speaker] Reference
Certain it is that our prospects of melioration depend upon the progress of enquiry and the general advancement of knowledge. From Wordnik.com. [Enquiry Concerning Political Justice] Reference
In the melioration of the public service which has been so conspicuously in operation since 1877, Hayes must be rated the pioneer. From Wordnik.com. [Historical Essays] Reference
He demanded L700 for the ground, and to be excused paying any thing for the melioration of the rest of his ground that he was to keep. From Wordnik.com. [Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete] Reference
I consider the absolute and unconditional interdiction of this article among these people as the first and great step in their melioration. From Wordnik.com. [A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 3, part 1: Andrew Jackson (Second Term)] Reference
The friend of the people, it tends to free schools, a free press, a free government, the abolition of slavery, war, vice, and the melioration of society. From Wordnik.com. [Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology] Reference
Religious conservatives reject the humanist claim that melioration can be achieved through purely human agency, and predict dire consequences for hubris. From Wordnik.com. [Ethical Technology] Reference
That day, at dinner, I discovered that Grace's winter in town had led to a sensible melioration of the domestic economy; most especially as related to the table. From Wordnik.com. [Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale] Reference
That the kindly influence of these may fall and flourish in the waste places of ignorance and depravity to the advancement of Letters and the melioration of mankind. From Wordnik.com. [Valedictory Speech of Peter King Rounsaville, June 5, 1844] Reference
Population does not increase, and the thinly-scattered inhabitants are too much absorbed in the cares of self-defence even to attempt any melioration of their condition. From Wordnik.com. [American Institutions and Their Influence] Reference
The present constitution of the Union was formed at a later period than those of the majority of the states, and it may have derived some melioration from past experience. From Wordnik.com. [American Institutions and Their Influence] Reference
I admit that improvements of the utmost value have been made, in the most important concerns: but I deny that the melioration has been general; and insist, on the contrary, that. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Thomas More, or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society] Reference
We need hardly speak in the language of detestation of this species of obstructiveness, which prevents hundreds of valuable schemes of social melioration from being entered into. From Wordnik.com. [Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 456 Volume 18, New Series, September 25, 1852] Reference
Although an increase of numbers does not necessarily infer an increase of high civilization, it reasonably leads to the expectation of great melioration in the commoner comforts. From Wordnik.com. [Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale] Reference
Any the least and solitariest fact in our natural history, such as the melioration of fruits and of animal stocks, has the worth of a power in the opportunity of geologic periods. From Wordnik.com. [English Traits (1856)] Reference
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