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... hope to accomplish these objects , will be , by annual subscriptions , by donations and bequests from persons who feel interested in giving aid to such an enterprise . 3d . The management of the funds , and the general arrangements for ...
... hope to accomplish these objects , will be , by annual subscriptions , by donations and bequests from persons who feel interested in giving aid to such an enterprise . 3d . The management of the funds , and the general arrangements for ...
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... hope of supplanting the infidel and irre- ligious works which were pouring forth from the press . The following extract from the Prospectus of the American Edition of the Saturday Magazine , shows the state of things which gave origin ...
... hope of supplanting the infidel and irre- ligious works which were pouring forth from the press . The following extract from the Prospectus of the American Edition of the Saturday Magazine , shows the state of things which gave origin ...
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... hope to bring together , and to issue in the most attractive and substantial manner , whatever may subserve the best interests of society , in its social , intellectual , and moral relations . The details of the proposed plan of ...
... hope to bring together , and to issue in the most attractive and substantial manner , whatever may subserve the best interests of society , in its social , intellectual , and moral relations . The details of the proposed plan of ...
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... hope , be convincing to the community , and secure its co- operation . The principle which you have adopted , " That the Universal Diffusion of Knowledge , imbued with the spirit of Christianity , is indispensable for bringing any peo ...
... hope , be convincing to the community , and secure its co- operation . The principle which you have adopted , " That the Universal Diffusion of Knowledge , imbued with the spirit of Christianity , is indispensable for bringing any peo ...
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... hope of beholding them recovered from sad bewilderment , and in their " right mind . " I would merely suggest a wish , that in the execution of the works intended for circu- lation , under the direction or auspices of the Society ...
... hope of beholding them recovered from sad bewilderment , and in their " right mind . " I would merely suggest a wish , that in the execution of the works intended for circu- lation , under the direction or auspices of the Society ...
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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...