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Side 3
... reader . The materials for carrying out this design are abundant : - Delineations of the works of our Creator ; the innumerable objects of interest in the animal , vegetable , and mineral kingdoms ; the history of the world ; the varied ...
... reader . The materials for carrying out this design are abundant : - Delineations of the works of our Creator ; the innumerable objects of interest in the animal , vegetable , and mineral kingdoms ; the history of the world ; the varied ...
Side 4
... developing the mental energies of a nation . Probably no other nation ever existed , in which the habit of reading was so nearly universal . may The unparalleled circulation of newspapers and periodicals of every description 4.
... developing the mental energies of a nation . Probably no other nation ever existed , in which the habit of reading was so nearly universal . may The unparalleled circulation of newspapers and periodicals of every description 4.
Side 5
... reading , which every successive supply will only serve to increase . The authors , editors , and teachers of this age and country , have done more , per- haps , to wake up the mind of an entire population , than any other set of men ...
... reading , which every successive supply will only serve to increase . The authors , editors , and teachers of this age and country , have done more , per- haps , to wake up the mind of an entire population , than any other set of men ...
Side 7
... 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 proportion to the population . And it is highly probable , judging from the ...
... 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 proportion to the population . And it is highly probable , judging from the ...
Side 16
... readers . They hoped , by its cheapness , and the interest and real merit of its contents , to supplant those pernicious publications which threatened irreparable evil to the social system . " The experiment proved eminently successful ...
... readers . They hoped , by its cheapness , and the interest and real merit of its contents , to supplant those pernicious publications which threatened irreparable evil to the social system . " The experiment proved eminently successful ...
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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...