THE

COMPLETE WORKS

OF

THOMAS DICK, LL.D.

CONTAINING

AN ESSAY ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF SOCIETY, THE PHILOSOPHY
OF A FUTURE STATE, THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION, THE
CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHER, MENTAL ILLUMINATION AND MORAL
IMPROVEMENT OF MANKIND, AN ESSAY ON COVETOUS-
NESS, CELESTIAL SCENERY, SIDEREAL HEAVENS, AND
THE PRACTICAL ASTRONOMER.

FIRST COMPLETE AMERICAN EDITION.

NINE VOLUMES IN THREE.

VOL. I.

HARTFORD:

PUBLISHED BY SUMNER & GOODMAN.

1849.

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IMPROVEMENT OF SOCIETY

BY THE

DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE:

AN ILLUSTRATION

OF THE

ADVANTAGES WHICH WOULD RESULT FROM A MORE GENERAL DISSEMINATION
OF RATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION AMONG ALL RANKS

ILLUSTRATED WITH ENGRAVINGS.

BY THOMAS DICK,

AUTHOR OF A VARIETY OF LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATIONS
IN NICHOLSON'S PHILOSOPHICAL JOURNAL, THE ANNALS

OF PHILOSOPHY, ETC. ETC.

"Knowledge is power." Lord Bacon.

HARTFORD:

PUBLISHED BY SUMNER & GOODMAN.

1849.