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... whole land ; our Public School System , the extension and improvement of the means of education in Primary and even Infant Depart- ments ; our tens of thousands of Sabbath Schools with their libraries , plac- ing hundreds of thousands ...
... whole land ; our Public School System , the extension and improvement of the means of education in Primary and even Infant Depart- ments ; our tens of thousands of Sabbath Schools with their libraries , plac- ing hundreds of thousands ...
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... whole earth , every species of knowledge calculated to meliorate the condition of man . In what age of the world , among what people , that ever existed , have so many circumstances combined to make such an enterprise , not only im ...
... whole earth , every species of knowledge calculated to meliorate the condition of man . In what age of the world , among what people , that ever existed , have so many circumstances combined to make such an enterprise , not only im ...
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... whole British Empire . " † This venerable Institution had thus , for more than one hundred and thirty years , been prosecuting its objects with great and increasing success . Its influence in promoting the great cause of intellectual ...
... whole British Empire . " † This venerable Institution had thus , for more than one hundred and thirty years , been prosecuting its objects with great and increasing success . Its influence in promoting the great cause of intellectual ...
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... whole of Great Britain . The friends of social order , of vital religion , and of all the best interests of society , had reason to fear the subversion of the fairest civil , social , and religious institutions of the land . Atheism ...
... whole of Great Britain . The friends of social order , of vital religion , and of all the best interests of society , had reason to fear the subversion of the fairest civil , social , and religious institutions of the land . Atheism ...
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... whole catalogue of its publications , embraces a list of more than sixteen hundred . They say , it would require volumes to specify the extent of the circulation and usefulness of their works . Among the Present Officers of this Society ...
... whole catalogue of its publications , embraces a list of more than sixteen hundred . They say , it would require volumes to specify the extent of the circulation and usefulness of their works . Among the Present Officers of this Society ...
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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...