 | Ezra Stiles Gannett - 1842 - 56 страница
...politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and cherish them." " And let us," he further adds, " with caution indulge the supposition that morality...can prevail in exclusion of religious principle." Words worthy to be inscribed over every hall of legislation and every place of public resort in this... | |
 | Alonzo Potter, George Barrell Emerson - 1842 - 586 страница
...on the steps of the Amphitheatre were the songs of musicians and the sounds of accompanying flutes." morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever...can prevail in exclusion of religious principle."* 2. We need an intellectual culture, which will impart more knowledge and wisdom. Where laws are but... | |
 | Samuel Farmer Wilson - 1843 - 452 страница
...where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligations desert the oaths, which are the instruments of investigation...morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle. It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 страница
...is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation deserf, the oaths which are the instruments of investigation...morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle. 'Tis substantially true, that virtue and morality are necessary springs of popular government. The... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1845 - 652 страница
...felicity. Let it simply be asked, where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if a sense of religious obligation desert the oaths, which...structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail, in exclusion of religious principles." In maintaining the... | |
 | Rhode Island - 1844 - 612 страница
...citizens. 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...can prevail, in exclusion of religious principle. 'Tis substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule... | |
 | M. Sears - 1844 - 596 страница
...the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them. A volume could not trace all their connection with private and public felicity. Let it simply be...structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail .in exclusion of religious principles. It is substantially... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1844 - 318 страница
...is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation deserf, the oaths which are the instruments of investigation...morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle. 'Tis^ substantially true, that virtue and morality are necessary springs of popular government. The... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1841 - 254 страница
...felicity. Let it simply be asked, where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if a sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which...structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles. "Promote then, as an... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 страница
...them. A volume could not trace all their connexions with private and public felicity. Let it be simply asked, where is the security for property, for reputation,...structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect, that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles. It is substantially... | |
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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... 
