HIST 382 Chapter reading: Reading Preface
23 Jan 2019
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Dean swift said that the man who makes three blades of grass grow where only two grew before deserves well of his country. The faithful missionary may be allowed to occupy a chief seat among the friends and benefactors of the human race. Bringing savages and barbarians to become civilized. Man is an individual and a collective capacity so no improvements can take place without the part of someone else diffusing influence over a whole society. The discoveries in chemistry have spread their influence over all departments of science from general principles to very small details. There was the establishment of schools, multiplication of books. The extension of printing, establishment of schools, general diffusion of knowledge, the revival of literature and discoveries of science have been credited to the reformation. The point of missions is to bring advantages connected with improvements to a community.
