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... United States . Those who receive this Prospectus , are respectfully requested to make it known to others , who would be likely to take interest in the object . New - York , April 6 , 1837 . No. 650 Broadway . GORHAM D. ABBOTT ...
... United States . Those who receive this Prospectus , are respectfully requested to make it known to others , who would be likely to take interest in the object . New - York , April 6 , 1837 . No. 650 Broadway . GORHAM D. ABBOTT ...
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... United States , since the commencement of the present century , in character , as well as amount , and observe the vast improvement in books of elementary instruction , and the happy adaptation in general of the style of American ...
... United States , since the commencement of the present century , in character , as well as amount , and observe the vast improvement in books of elementary instruction , and the happy adaptation in general of the style of American ...
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... United States to dif- ferent portions of the uncivilized world ; and the Committee , in common with the multitude of enlightened philanthropists who adorn the age , recog- nise the obligations resting upon us as a nation , to spread ...
... United States to dif- ferent portions of the uncivilized world ; and the Committee , in common with the multitude of enlightened philanthropists who adorn the age , recog- nise the obligations resting upon us as a nation , to spread ...
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... United States , and State Courts , Members of the General and State Legislatures , Presidents of Colleges , Professors in Theological Seminaries , Teachers , Lawyers , Physicians , Merchants , Manufacturers , and Agriculturists . - The ...
... United States , and State Courts , Members of the General and State Legislatures , Presidents of Colleges , Professors in Theological Seminaries , Teachers , Lawyers , Physicians , Merchants , Manufacturers , and Agriculturists . - The ...
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... United States , in Paris , in the Ionian Islands , and in Norway , they have efficient and zealous corres- pondents . The design of these Associations , is , as will at once be perceived , the diffusion of knowledge already attained ...
... United States , in Paris , in the Ionian Islands , and in Norway , they have efficient and zealous corres- pondents . The design of these Associations , is , as will at once be perceived , the diffusion of knowledge already attained ...
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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...