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... means amply adequate for the supply of this demand . From these resources the means of wholesome intellectual cul- ture , and of individual and social improvement , may be brought into the circle of every family , and within the reach ...
... means amply adequate for the supply of this demand . From these resources the means of wholesome intellectual cul- ture , and of individual and social improvement , may be brought into the circle of every family , and within the reach ...
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... 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 of volumes in the hands of our juvenile popula- tion , have exerted , and are ...
... 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 of volumes in the hands of our juvenile popula- tion , have exerted , and are ...
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... means of elementary instruction and general knowledge , in their own language , for resident for- eigners and their children ; - To cherish the general interests of literature , education , and religion ; of agriculture , of commerce ...
... means of elementary instruction and general knowledge , in their own language , for resident for- eigners and their children ; - To cherish the general interests of literature , education , and religion ; of agriculture , of commerce ...
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... means of correspondence , agencies , auxiliary societies , and reading associations ; and they relied much on the subscribers for co - oper- ation and aid in this important branch of their labours . In foreign parts , they had found the ...
... means of correspondence , agencies , auxiliary societies , and reading associations ; and they relied much on the subscribers for co - oper- ation and aid in this important branch of their labours . In foreign parts , they had found the ...
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... Objects of Government and its means . Legislative , Judicial , Administrative Powers . Jurisprudence , Civil , Criminal , Prelimi- nary ( Police . ) Political Economy . Mathematics , Natural Philosophy . Astronomy , Chemistry . Useful 24.
... Objects of Government and its means . Legislative , Judicial , Administrative Powers . Jurisprudence , Civil , Criminal , Prelimi- nary ( Police . ) Political Economy . Mathematics , Natural Philosophy . Astronomy , Chemistry . Useful 24.
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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...