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j9601z42t3r	Elizabeth E. Webster	American Science and the Pursuit of Useful Knowledge in the Polite Eighteenth Century	2010		.txt	text/plain	210	8	45	Particularly, I explore the writings of three central figures in the early years of the American Philosophical Society, David Rittenhouse, Charles Willson Peale, and Benjamin Rush, to see how they variously used the language and ideals of politeness to argue for the promotion of useful knowledge in America. He criticized what he saw as a certain culture of useful knowledge by turning to the polite ideals of benevolence and open conversation.	cache/j9601z42t3r.txt	txt/j9601z42t3r.txt