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100	1		_aThomson, James, D.D.
245	1	0	_aLetters on the Moral and Religious State of South America : _bWritten during a residence of nearly seven years in Buenos Aires, Chile, Peru and Colombia
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2022
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aRelease date is 2022-02-28
508			_aBrian Wilson, Adrian Mastronardi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.)
520			_a"Letters on the Moral and Religious State of South America" by D.D. James Thomson is a collection of letters written during the early 19th century. The letters provide a firsthand account of Thomson's nearly seven years of missionary work in various South American countries, including reflections on religion, education, and social progress in the region. The likely focus of the work is on the moral and religious conditions of South America as observed through the author’s experiences and interactions with local governments and communities. At the start of the text, the author reflects on his arrival in Buenos Aires and the challenges he faced in introducing a new educational system based on the Lancasterian method. He describes his efforts to establish schools, distribute Spanish New Testaments, and the political dynamics that influenced his work. Thomson's letters reveal his deep commitment to improving moral and religious education and the sincere optimism he holds for the future of education in South America. The opening also sets the stage for Thomson's subsequent endeavors in Chile and Peru, illustrating the evolving landscape of educational reform he hopes to influence. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_pOriginally published: _cUnited Kingdom: James Nisbet, 1827
653			_aSouth America -- Description and travel
653			_aSouth America -- Social life and customs
653			_aEducation -- South America
653			_aSouth America -- Religion
856	4		_uhttps://www.google.com/books/edition/Letters_on_the_Moral_and_Religious_State/ECECAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67526
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