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... tion , have exerted , and are still exerting , a most powerful influence through the whole community , in favour of intellectual and moral cultivation . If we look forward but a few years , we must see that the great mass of mind ...
... tion , have exerted , and are still exerting , a most powerful influence through the whole community , in favour of intellectual and moral cultivation . If we look forward but a few years , we must see that the great mass of mind ...
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... tion , for whose intellectual culture no suitable provision is made . During eight months , in the year of 1836 , from April 1 to December 1 , more than 55,000 emigrants arrived at the port of New - York . * It is estimated , that the ...
... tion , for whose intellectual culture no suitable provision is made . During eight months , in the year of 1836 , from April 1 to December 1 , more than 55,000 emigrants arrived at the port of New - York . * It is estimated , that the ...
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... tion of Common School Teachers in Albany . The minutes of those meetings and the resolutions which were adopted , cordially approving the object , were read . * The communications which had been received by the Committee were submitted ...
... tion of Common School Teachers in Albany . The minutes of those meetings and the resolutions which were adopted , cordially approving the object , were read . * The communications which had been received by the Committee were submitted ...
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... tion ; the details to be regarded as the author's alone , and the opinions ex- pressed on any particular question , to be considered as his , and not those of the Committee . " Another department which the Committee proposed to add was ...
... tion ; the details to be regarded as the author's alone , and the opinions ex- pressed on any particular question , to be considered as his , and not those of the Committee . " Another department which the Committee proposed to add was ...
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... or improvement , for which a patent is obtained , can receive patronage from the Society , as every object which it promotes , must be laid open for public use and inspec- tion . The Society publishes an annual volume of its 30.
... or improvement , for which a patent is obtained , can receive patronage from the Society , as every object which it promotes , must be laid open for public use and inspec- tion . The Society publishes an annual volume of its 30.
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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...