THE LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH CAROLINA: A FORUM FOR INTELLECTUAL PROGRESS IN ANTEBELLUM CHARLESTON

From: South Carolina Historical Magazine | Date: July 1, 2003| Author: Stephens, Lester D | Copyright information

IN AN ELOQUENT ADDRESS BEFORE THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED

Literary and Philosophical Society of South Carolina in 1814, the esteemed public servant and naturalist Stephen Elliott told his audience of fellow Charlestonians that the society was designed "to collect the scattered and fading rays of philosophic light . . . [and] to encourage the pursuit and investigation of truth." Although he noted that the society was designed to advance literary interests, Elliott emphasized scientific inquir...

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