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... present time , a demand for the means of knowledge , which may with propriety be characterized as a NATIONAL DEMAND ; a demand for useful knowledge from all classes of the people far exceeding the supply . There are , however , in the ...
... present time , a demand for the means of knowledge , which may with propriety be characterized as a NATIONAL DEMAND ; a demand for useful knowledge from all classes of the people far exceeding the supply . There are , however , in the ...
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... 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 authors to popular use , it be doubted , whether in ...
... 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 authors to popular use , it be doubted , whether in ...
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... present rate of increase , our population will be doubled . Of course , if the means of intellectual improvement only keep pace with the increase of our numbers , we must , in that brief period , double the amount of all the ...
... present rate of increase , our population will be doubled . Of course , if the means of intellectual improvement only keep pace with the increase of our numbers , we must , in that brief period , double the amount of all the ...
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... present condition and prospects , promises to be one of the greatest reading countries in the world . Already the number of news- papers in circulation is four times as great , as it is in Great Britain , France , or Germany , in ...
... present condition and prospects , promises to be one of the greatest reading countries in the world . Already the number of news- papers in circulation is four times as great , as it is in Great Britain , France , or Germany , in ...
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... present pam- phlet , if its limits will allow , or they will be given to the public in another form , among the early publications of the Society . The English press alone , estimating from the increase of its issues , dur- ing the last ...
... present pam- phlet , if its limits will allow , or they will be given to the public in another form , among the early publications of the Society . The English press alone , estimating from the increase of its issues , dur- ing the last ...
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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...