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    aM delight , Fjrpin Egypt and Greece i ImW ? *! Sfc * # W * JVp ^ W ^ pW ^ 3 SWft i JW ^ PWI ** P # PJI 0 P »« Wft ; sp »§ >* % » . ! # wB * tern ?* turns striae und ^ r fjjf joke pf foreign or dom estic Jj ^ jr , gntttgj . W * % B , tli £ tpng » e of eloquence to

    paralyzed , ami fulsome pan ^ yrie ^ pc- » paralyzed , ami iuisome panegyric succeeded to the ammaring declamations of patriotism : useful science declined ana gradually yielded to absurd and ,

    jfavolpus speculations ; and if polite literature tod th $ - fine artp lingered somewhat longer , it was because vanity and luxury still afforded them a feeble

    protection , and ever * tl \ ey eventually perished in the wreck of liberty . It is an axiom in philosophy that similar causes , in similar circumstances , will produce similar effects ; and this should lead us to look with jealousy and alarm upon eyeiry encroachment of monar-Vblqal power and ambition upon the

    fights « nd liberty ; of $ he people ; for , as science and freedom walk hand in txajid , the deprivation of the one , will inevitably be succeeded by the destructiqn of the other . t > Tthe , second cause , I conceive % o be feicWPP ^ itton of creeds , rites and

    ce-5 emonies , as a national religipus eata ^ ) lishnGrent ; the hiriog a body of men ^ o advocate this system ; and the mflictwp . jOf J > ain 3 and penalties upon such S » i ^^ W # epl ? W r < $ me to support V ^ 9 m 9 H < I | g conform to tlie other . J § m iWPP ? Xt ? W ; of fwiy dogmas ox b ^ JN

    Jffl ^^^ WPt vtteriy subversive p f freedom of ima ^ ry ; free ^ nd capdid ju ? qujry 13 tfte only road f ^ the attoii * - JUS ^ t ^ f truA , and truth is the roc ? k -W& n Jprf *» fe ** ^ eotert tfe ^ t ^ n ^ p le of mf 9 § 9 B Pky * § cien < 5 e ^ p d wisdoin . " | n ^ P $ ? j - ' iWS ^ W ^ WJWnt ; philosopher , rJW »» ^ % l ^ q ur iniq ^ rtes i W £ mog # fy t ^ pys giy ^ bwrtk to SMj ^ ^^ * ¦ W lflirop I ** fe *^ » widw wW ffi ^ i pwa * , < - ^ 9 iF * i wfey ^ q ^ W TiK ^ ww ^ fiPWet m £$ ^ mmytoi yNmmtttot * p i » 9 ^ M # ^ 4 « am , WWWl'pB JSpr ^ . ^ F ^ e ^ 9 w * ich have ^^» ^^^^ ^ ^ ifTorlSt ( tmi ^ ^ wtiti ^ JCioii ^ rdf't yA& fiifii ^ air < Mw & 'tMefiife' - * infill * an& . ^ ff ^ w ^ l ^ i Ifs ^ l ^ p ^ sip ^ ^^^ fe ^^^ K ^ ff | HliPp ! M » t m& ^ mm ^^

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    piteit credir by tfe n ^ atiiwviiA ^ t ^ cltttioifsr I would ^ p ^ i / tdrtfcd c ^ dour * to the reas < m ofit everts / one whether such thj % ^ <^ isorimtce t ^ the etdvancement < rf knowledge 5 or whether , on the c < mtraiy , t ^ y imve

    not a manifest tendency-tt > retard ok > to overwhelm it ? Vtfgifius wa ^ exeomcaunicated by Pope 25 achaiy ^ for a ^ ertme that there were ahti f iode ^ Who ia ignorant of th 6 j > erseciition of Galileo , for teaching , what every school-boy now knows to be trne , that the earth revolves round the sun ?

    Should it be asserted that priests , in every age , have been the depositaries of learning , I will admit that , to a certain extent , this may be true ; but they sought not to extend the circle of knowledge ; it was their poUcy to coiifine it within their own hnaited sphere , and it was not until men ventured to

    turn from priests to reason , that the veil of ignorance was withdrawn . I trust that these remarks will iiot be construed i ^ to an attack upon the sa * cred principles of Chiistianhy . * , > TrtiereHg % " / ^ oi > Is always mUd , propitious , huBfilt ) K ; Plays hot the tyrant , plants n 6 faith in ¦ ^;; * : hlood , . - / V :, " - i > - h

    f * 9 X > b ^ ars destruction on ; ^ r chariot ' . wheels ; ¦; ' - ¦ ¦ : - \ * > : V % v& stoops to poli sh , succ * mr and redress , And ' boilda her grandeur on the puWk ¦ ' 8 W ^ ' ¦ ¦ ¦''' . ! j . ; ' •• h . I ' War is the third great qfttraeof the retardation of Hte ^ atiite ] antf science What piles of learning have the destructive flames of war ' consumed !

    What monuments of ai $ have Jimiphed under the grasp of : military 110 toliel Wauld tfe seek the < ropihier of military glory i Lei vA sui ^ ey the Splendid ruSiia off Pait ^ yr ^ -r let ua tntee &e site of Carthage—or l ^ t usrpsmsb f& ? a moment over thfe ware wlfiahavejw

    lately desolate t ^ feires *> c 9 ton ^ ea « i Europe .. But ^^ hll ^^ iiieM ^^ pf wvt cOid of mititoiy ^ w / oi- * nifeel mb % prostitution of . iternA ! ^ M-Whefa future ^ ge » coinpa ^ Ao in ^ iiti ^ of ^ ^ W , < i ^ W !|( ftti ^ a ^^ .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1820, page 638, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2494/page/10/