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... supply . There are , however , in the vast resources of the literature of foreign countries , in the productions of eminent authors at home , and in the enter- prise and spirit of our citizens , means amply adequate for the supply of ...
... supply . There are , however , in the vast resources of the literature of foreign countries , in the productions of eminent authors at home , and in the enter- prise and spirit of our citizens , means amply adequate for the supply of ...
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... supply of the means of knowledge . The desire for knowledge will constantly in- crease , and the more regular and systematic the supply , the more steady and ever increasing will be the demand . In about twenty years , at the present ...
... supply of the means of knowledge . The desire for knowledge will constantly in- crease , and the more regular and systematic the supply , the more steady and ever increasing will be the demand . In about twenty years , at the present ...
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... supplies . In India , upwards of 200 native congregations have been gathered to- gether , by the instrumentality of this ... supply the Schools with books of elementary instruction , containing the best moral influences . The Society has ...
... supplies . In India , upwards of 200 native congregations have been gathered to- gether , by the instrumentality of this ... supply the Schools with books of elementary instruction , containing the best moral influences . The Society has ...
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... supply of the Publications . There are Three Hundred District or Auxiliary Committees in Great Britain , and Fifty in Foreign parts , acting in co - operation with the So- ciety . The income of the Society arises from Annual ...
... supply of the Publications . There are Three Hundred District or Auxiliary Committees in Great Britain , and Fifty in Foreign parts , acting in co - operation with the So- ciety . The income of the Society arises from Annual ...
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... supply of requisite funds . The entire subscription was nearly £ 80,000 . The annual subscription is 3 guineas . The affairs of the Institution are conducted by a Committee of twenty - six . The ground floor of the elegant stone edifice ...
... supply of requisite funds . The entire subscription was nearly £ 80,000 . The annual subscription is 3 guineas . The affairs of the Institution are conducted by a Committee of twenty - six . The ground floor of the elegant stone edifice ...
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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...