For those who read older books- such as ones written around
the 19th century- it can be handy to have a dictionary that
shows you how words were used when the book was written.
Words change, new words develop, and old words fall into
obscurity. A modern dictionary can't tell you exactly what
was going on in people's heads in the past.

Enter Websters 1828 dictionary, now available on gopher[1].

Using the gopher version of webster's famous dictionary,
which is from the public domain, the astute reader can be
sure that they get the gist[2] of those foundational
documents they're perusing. They would know that the
matrix[3] is in fact our origin, and not something to fear.
They would be armed with awful[4] power and understanding.

Most importantly, since precise language is often employed
in philosophical and religious texts, users of old
dictionaries might avoid modern errors in thought and
judgement, which might lead them to unnecessary ends.

So have at it, and have something more elevated than
fun[5]!

[1] gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/tfurrows/webster1828
[2] gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/tfurrows/webster1828/G/Gi/Gist
[3] gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/tfurrows/webster1828/M/Ma/Matrix
[4] gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/tfurrows/webster1828/A/Aw/Awful
[5] gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/tfurrows/webster1828/F/Fu/Fun

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