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... authors at home , and in the enter- prise and spirit of our citizens , means amply adequate for the supply of this demand . From these resources the means of wholesome intellectual cul- ture , and of individual and social improvement ...
... authors at home , and in the enter- prise and spirit of our citizens , means amply adequate for the supply of this demand . From these resources the means of wholesome intellectual cul- ture , and of individual and social improvement ...
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... author or publisher of a useful volume as a co - worker , and a public benefactor . And any individual who will ... authors to popular use , it be doubted , whether in any age of the world , or in any country , such rapid and giant ...
... author or publisher of a useful volume as a co - worker , and a public benefactor . And any individual who will ... authors to popular use , it be doubted , whether in any age of the world , or in any country , such rapid and giant ...
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... authors , editors , and teachers of this age and country , have done more , per- haps , to wake up the mind of an entire population , than any other set of men that ever lived ; and American publishers and printers have never been ...
... authors , editors , and teachers of this age and country , have done more , per- haps , to wake up the mind of an entire population , than any other set of men that ever lived ; and American publishers and printers have never been ...
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... authors , in whose talents and principles the community might safely confide , and whose productions , the Committee had just ground to expect would preserve the true spirit of history . " The Committee did not profess to be answerable ...
... authors , in whose talents and principles the community might safely confide , and whose productions , the Committee had just ground to expect would preserve the true spirit of history . " The Committee did not profess to be answerable ...
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... authors of works of literary merit , and important discoveries in litera- ture ; —and by establishing correspondence with learned men in foreign countries , for the purpose of literary inquiry and information . " The Society consists of ...
... authors of works of literary merit , and important discoveries in litera- ture ; —and by establishing correspondence with learned men in foreign countries , for the purpose of literary inquiry and information . " The Society consists of ...
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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...