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... consist of at least three members ; and no volume shall be issued , in the name of the Society , with- out the unanimous approbation of one of such Committees . ARTICLE VIII . The Executive Committee shall annually report in 10.
... consist of at least three members ; and no volume shall be issued , in the name of the Society , with- out the unanimous approbation of one of such Committees . ARTICLE VIII . The Executive Committee shall annually report in 10.
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... consists of Sixty - nine , including the Arch- bishops and many of the most distinguished individuals in Great Britain . The Foreign Translation Committee , consists of Forty - nine . The Committee of General Literature and Education ...
... consists of Sixty - nine , including the Arch- bishops and many of the most distinguished individuals in Great Britain . The Foreign Translation Committee , consists of Forty - nine . The Committee of General Literature and Education ...
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... consisting of eight laymen and four cler- gymen of London , and the officers of the Society , conduct the business of the Institution . The book department is perhaps the most valuable and important . The works issued , although chiefly ...
... consisting of eight laymen and four cler- gymen of London , and the officers of the Society , conduct the business of the Institution . The book department is perhaps the most valuable and important . The works issued , although chiefly ...
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... consists of fifty - five . There are also seventy - two local Committees , embracing more than one hundred and forty distinguished individuals , in different parts of the kingdom . THIS Society had its origin in 1827. The Prospectus ...
... consists of fifty - five . There are also seventy - two local Committees , embracing more than one hundred and forty distinguished individuals , in different parts of the kingdom . THIS Society had its origin in 1827. The Prospectus ...
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... consist of a series. Mathematics , Natural Philosophy . Astronomy , Chemistry . Useful Arts . Fine Arts . Navigation . Anatomy , Metaphysics . Ethics , Religion , Law . War . Commerce . Manufactures . 1. Outline of General History . 2 ...
... consist of a series. Mathematics , Natural Philosophy . Astronomy , Chemistry . Useful Arts . Fine Arts . Navigation . Anatomy , Metaphysics . Ethics , Religion , Law . War . Commerce . Manufactures . 1. Outline of General History . 2 ...
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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...