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... effect the resolutions of the Board of Di rectors , shall have power to call Special meetings of the same , and shall continue in office until a new Committee is chosen . ARTICLE VII . The Executive Committee shall elect from their own ...
... effect the resolutions of the Board of Di rectors , shall have power to call Special meetings of the same , and shall continue in office until a new Committee is chosen . ARTICLE VII . The Executive Committee shall elect from their own ...
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... effect the objects of this Society , will be vested in a Committee of twenty - four , to be chosen by the Board of Directors at their annual meeting . 4th . The publications of the Society , will be under the direction of select ...
... effect the objects of this Society , will be vested in a Committee of twenty - four , to be chosen by the Board of Directors at their annual meeting . 4th . The publications of the Society , will be under the direction of select ...
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... effect upon the multitude of their readers . A year or two since , having published a beautiful edition of " Wilberforce's Practical View , " the Committee received an anonymous order ( containing a check for a sufficient amount , ) to ...
... effect upon the multitude of their readers . A year or two since , having published a beautiful edition of " Wilberforce's Practical View , " the Committee received an anonymous order ( containing a check for a sufficient amount , ) to ...
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... effect , upon all classes , by the indefinite increase of mental enjoyment , the proportionate diminution of gross and degrading indulgencies , and the consequent advancement of morality and religion ; that they were fully persuaded ...
... effect , upon all classes , by the indefinite increase of mental enjoyment , the proportionate diminution of gross and degrading indulgencies , and the consequent advancement of morality and religion ; that they were fully persuaded ...
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... effect of a work was favourable to the objects of the Society , to direct its publica- tion ; the details to be regarded as the author's alone , and the opinions ex- pressed on any particular question , to be considered as his , and not ...
... effect of a work was favourable to the objects of the Society , to direct its publica- tion ; the details to be regarded as the author's alone , and the opinions ex- pressed on any particular question , to be considered as his , and not ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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...