...religious establishments i provided, that may continually revive and enforce them. Every sort of moral, every sort of civil, every sort of politic institution,...his own making; and who, when made as he ought to be made, is destined to hold no trivial place in the creation. But whenever man is put over men, as the...

...every man." He takes as his motto for the book the words of Edmund Burke, "It is the prerogative of man to be in a great degree a creature of his own making"; and in 300 delightfully written and extremely vigorous pages he gives us the ripe fruit of a lifetime spent...

...Formerly Professor in Harvard College and Reader in the University of Oxford "It is the prerogative of man to be in a great degree a creature of his own making." — EDMUND BUBKB GP Putnam's Sons New York — London Cbc Imichcrbocher press 604245 c CHARACTER AND...

...spiritual and social perfection, through which they become united to the Godhead: "Every sort of moral, every sort of civil, every sort of politic institution,...order to build up that wonderful structure, Man." Through the church, Burke continues, the state is consecrated, "that all who administer in the government...

...religious establishments provided that may continually revive and enforce them. Every sort of moral, n made, is destined to hold no trivial place in the creation. But whenever man is put over men, as the...

...which lay at the basis of civil society. An infusion of 'sublime principles' was necessary to reinforce 'the rational and natural ties that connect the human understanding and affections to the divine'. 64 Hence 'the consecration of the state by a state religious establishment is necessary, also, to operate...

...religious establishments provided that may continually revive and enforce them. Every sort of moral, every sort of civil, every sort of politic institution,...his own making, and who, when made as he ought to be made, is destined to hold no trivial place in the creation. But whenever man is put over men, as the...

...unprecedented political excesses will follow. Burke agrees with his opponents that it is the prerogative of man "to be in a great degree a creature of his own making" (Reflections, 81), but he reminds us further that we are not, after all, self-created. Grant human...

...civil and divine nature. That was what Burke meant when he said that every sort of moral, civil, and politic institution, aiding the rational and natural...human understanding and affections to the divine, were necessary to build up that wonderful structure, man. In this profound sense of the total nature...

...including their hope of immortality in the rulers of a society. These notions, Burke says, are necessary "to build up that wonderful structure Man; whose prerogative...his own making; and who, when made as he ought to be made, is destined to hold no trivial place in the creation. But whenever man is put over man, as the...