September 10, 1772
Septem. 10th. 1772. Nassau-Hall
"An Exercise at the public Commencement"
It is altogether needless, to detain
this respectable assembly only for two
or three minutes, with any intro-
-duction to the following Subject, fur-
-ther than by just telling them it is
my design to prove that "political
jealousy is a laudable passion."
Jealousy is a strange temper in the
human mind, & like several other of our
passions, it has various effects when
its subjects are different; it is also
of many kinds, as political, domestic,
Fithian Papers, Manuscripts Division,
Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
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