THE

WORKS

OF

THOMAS DICK, LL. D.

FOUR VOLUMES IN ONE,

VIZ.

AN ESSAY ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF SOCIETY:
THE PHILOSOPHY OF A FUTURE STATE:

THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION :

THE CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHER:

OR,

THE CONNEXION OF SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY

WITH RELIGION.

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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 H. F. SUMNER & CO.
NEW YORK:

ROBINSON, PRATT & CO.

1836.