... only one in which the word is popularly known, and the one from which the new generation are acquiring their sole notion of its mean ing. Those who ... ...ery occasion on which anything has to be done, to read through the Old and New Testaments. The answer to the objection is, that there has been ample t... ...occasion on which anything has to be done, to read through the Old and New Testaments. The answer to the objection is, that there has been ample time,... ...eason the less natural. It is natural to man to speak, to reason, to build cities, to cultivate the ground, though these are ac quired faculties. The...

... have obtained in the world. And yet possibly it may not be amiss to offer new ones when the old are apt to lead men into mistakes, as this of paterna... ...ldren, obey your par ents” (Eph. 6. 1), etc., is the style of the Old and New Testament. 53. Had but this one thing been well considered with out ... ...n, obey your par ents” (Eph. 6. 1), etc., is the style of the Old and New Testament. 53. Had but this one thing been well considered with out look... ...iving, and, de facto, is commonly with child again, and brings forth too a new birth, long before the former is out of a dependency for support on his... ... people, riches, trade, power, change their stations; flour ishing mighty cities come to ruin, and prove in time neglected desolate corners, whilst o... ...lay themselves open to the cruelty and rage of tyranny—must they see their cities pillaged and laid in ashes, their wives and children exposed to the ...

...ht forward in their support. Several of the opinions at all events, if not new, are for the present as little likely to meet with general acceptance a... ...asily, what they are al ready used to; but people also learn to do things new to them. Familiarity is a great help; but much dwelling on an idea will... ... untried things. The amount of capacity which a people pos sess for doing new things, and adapting themselves to new circumstances; is itself one of ... ...e cotemporary subjects of monarchical or oligarchical despotism: the Greek cities with the Persian satrapies; the Italian republics and the free towns... ...and kick,” agreeably to the maxim of Cardinal Richelieu in his celebrated “Testament Politique.” All these things are for the interest of a king or ar...