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... instruct , but exert among all classes a pure and eleva- ted moral influence in respect to individual duty , in the ... instruction , and the happy adaptation in general of the style of American authors to popular use , it be doubted ...
... instruct , but exert among all classes a pure and eleva- ted moral influence in respect to individual duty , in the ... instruction , and the happy adaptation in general of the style of American authors to popular use , it be doubted ...
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... instruction and general informa- tion on all subjects , expressly for foreigners and their children ; and thus to diffuse among them right views of their relations and duties as men , and as American citizens ; of the nature of our ...
... instruction and general informa- tion on all subjects , expressly for foreigners and their children ; and thus to diffuse among them right views of their relations and duties as men , and as American citizens ; of the nature of our ...
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... instruct and improve the community , how vast its influ- ence may be , if it is well sustained , in selecting from this great mass , those works which are fitted to exert a salutary influence , and giving extent and permanency to their ...
... instruct and improve the community , how vast its influ- ence may be , if it is well sustained , in selecting from this great mass , those works which are fitted to exert a salutary influence , and giving extent and permanency to their ...
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... instruction for Schools , and by procuring and publishing Statistics and facts , calculated to illustrate the condition and prospects of education in our own , and other countries . To provide suitable works of entertainment and ...
... instruction for Schools , and by procuring and publishing Statistics and facts , calculated to illustrate the condition and prospects of education in our own , and other countries . To provide suitable works of entertainment and ...
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... instruction , containing the best moral influences . The Society has publications in Tamil , Persian , Arabic , Teluzoo , Guz- zerattee , Hindostanee , and Singalese . They have Local Committees and Parochial Schools established in the ...
... instruction , containing the best moral influences . The Society has publications in Tamil , Persian , Arabic , Teluzoo , Guz- zerattee , Hindostanee , and Singalese . They have Local Committees and Parochial Schools established in the ...
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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...