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... Directors : 66 66 66 66 66 Rev. Alonzo Potter , D. D. Rev. John Knox , D. D. Jacob Janeway , D. D. Rev. John A. Vaughan , Rev. Gorham D. Abbott , Hon . Benjamin F. Butler , Hon . Samuel T. Armstrong , Hon . Samuel Hubbard , Peter G ...
... Directors : 66 66 66 66 66 Rev. Alonzo Potter , D. D. Rev. John Knox , D. D. Jacob Janeway , D. D. Rev. John A. Vaughan , Rev. Gorham D. Abbott , Hon . Benjamin F. Butler , Hon . Samuel T. Armstrong , Hon . Samuel Hubbard , Peter G ...
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... DIRECTOR , and of one thousand dollars , within the same period , a LIFE DIRECTOR , and an honorary member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE . ARTICLE III . Every member shall be equally entitled to vote at the meetings of the Society , shall ...
... DIRECTOR , and of one thousand dollars , within the same period , a LIFE DIRECTOR , and an honorary member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE . ARTICLE III . Every member shall be equally entitled to vote at the meetings of the Society , shall ...
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... Directors shall appoint ; at which Meeting there shall be chosen , a President , as many Vice - Presidents as the Society may deem proper , and a Recording Secretary , all of whom shall be ex - officio members of the Board of Directors ...
... Directors shall appoint ; at which Meeting there shall be chosen , a President , as many Vice - Presidents as the Society may deem proper , and a Recording Secretary , all of whom shall be ex - officio members of the Board of Directors ...
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... Directors , a statement of their operations during the year , together with their existing engagements and works on hand and in progress . Through the Treasurer , they shall also make report of all receipts and expenditures , together ...
... Directors , a statement of their operations during the year , together with their existing engagements and works on hand and in progress . Through the Treasurer , they shall also make report of all receipts and expenditures , together ...
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... Directors at their annual meeting . 4th . The publications of the Society , will be under the direction of select Committees , appointed by the Executive Committee . 5th . As the object of the Society is , the Diffusion of Knowledge ...
... Directors at their annual meeting . 4th . The publications of the Society , will be under the direction of select Committees , appointed by the Executive Committee . 5th . As the object of the Society is , the Diffusion of Knowledge ...
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Page 7 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens. The mere politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them. A volume could not trace all their connections with private and public felicity.
Page 7 - The mere politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them. A volume could not trace all their connexions with private and public felicity. Let it simply be asked, where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice 1 And let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained without religion.
Page 7 - It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government. Who, that is a sincere friend to it, can look with indifference upon attempts to shake the foundation of the fabric...
Page 7 - Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.
Page 7 - And let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in...