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| | Chapter Abbott <i>to</i> Adamnan of A by Biographical Dictionary of English Literature |
 | | Abbott, Jacob (1803-1879).Educationalist and miscellaneous author, born at Hallowell, Maine, educated at Bowdoin College and Andover, entered the ministry of the Congregational Church, but was best known as an educationist and writer of religious and other books, mainly for the young. |
 | | He made valuable contributions to the literature of his profession, and published two works, Enquiry Concerning the Intellectual Powers (1830) and The Philosophy of the Moral Feelings (1833), which, though popular at the time of their publication, have long been superseded. |
 | | Actons contributions to literature were few, and, in comparison with his extraordinary learning, comparatively unimportant. |
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