IMPROVEMENT OF SOCIETY

BY THE

DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE:

OR,

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, LL.D.

AUTHOR OF “THE CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHER," "THE PHILOSOPHY OF
RELIGION,"
," "THE PHILOSOPHY OF A FUTURE STATE," &c.

"Knowledge is POWER."-Lord Bacon.

EDINBURGH: WAUGH AND INNES;

W. CURRY, JUN. & CO. DUBLIN ; AND WHITTAKER & CO.

LONDON,

MDCCCXXXIII.