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Lyceum

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Lyceum was a 19th-century movement organized in the United States to provide town and village audiences with literary and scientific knowledge. Founded at Millbury, Mass., in 1826 by Josiah Holbrook, the movement sponsored lectures, debates, concerts, and publications. Local community leaders as well as such luminaries as Ralph Waldo Emerson, henry David Thoreau, and Daniel Webster were among the participants. A forerunner of the CHAUTAUQUA and other adult education programs, the lyceum was named for the ancient Athenian gymnasium where Aristotle taught.

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