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... language , exclusive of pamphlets and re - prints . A large proportion of these will be local in their character , and another large proportion will be otherwise worthless . Of others , some will be salutary , and some highly injurious ...
... language , exclusive of pamphlets and re - prints . A large proportion of these will be local in their character , and another large proportion will be otherwise worthless . Of others , some will be salutary , and some highly injurious ...
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... language , for resident for- eigners and their children ; - To cherish the general interests of literature , education , and religion ; of agriculture , of commerce , and of the arts , by pre- paring appropriate standard Libraries of ...
... language , for resident for- eigners and their children ; - To cherish the general interests of literature , education , and religion ; of agriculture , of commerce , and of the arts , by pre- paring appropriate standard Libraries of ...
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... languages , and very extensively circulated . One great object of the Society was , to promote the progress of Chris- tian Knowledge in Foreign lands . For this purpose they established Fo- reign Committees , of which there are now ...
... languages , and very extensively circulated . One great object of the Society was , to promote the progress of Chris- tian Knowledge in Foreign lands . For this purpose they established Fo- reign Committees , of which there are now ...
Side 16
... language of the Archbishop of Armagh , in the last annual sermon before the Society , " to bring the acquisition of ... languages . Stereotype metal casts from its wood cuts , had been supplied to respectable publishers in France ...
... language of the Archbishop of Armagh , in the last annual sermon before the Society , " to bring the acquisition of ... languages . Stereotype metal casts from its wood cuts , had been supplied to respectable publishers in France ...
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... only in Great Britain , but in other parts of the world . In almost every spot where the English language is spoken , the influence of their publications is felt . Nor are they confined to English readers . They have publications 19.
... only in Great Britain , but in other parts of the world . In almost every spot where the English language is spoken , the influence of their publications is felt . Nor are they confined to English readers . They have publications 19.
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Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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...