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" The more they are instructed, the less liable they are to the delusions of enthusiasm and superstition which, among ignorant nations, frequently occasion the most dreadful disorders. An instructed and intelligent people, besides, are always more decent... "
Congressional Serial Set - Page 421
1901
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 57

1833 - 598 pages
...' should not be altogether uninstructed. The state, however, ' derives no inconsiderable advantage from their instruction. ' The more they are instructed, the less liable they are to tbe ' delusions of enthusiasm and superstition, which, among igno' rant nations, frequently occasion...
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An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume 3

Adam Smith - Economics - 1809 - 514 pages
...they should not be altogether uninstructed. The state, however, derives no inconsiderable advantage from their instruction. The more they are instructed,...an ignorant and stupid one. They feel themselves, each individually, more respectable, and more likely to obtain the respect of their lawful superiors,...
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Observations on the Character, Customs, and Superstitions of the Irish: And ...

Daniel Dewar - Education - 1812 - 374 pages
...state derives no inconsiderable advantage from the instruction of the inferior orders of the people. The more they are instructed, the less liable they...an ignorant and stupid one. They feel themselves, each individually, more respectable and more likely t6 obtain the respect of their lawful superiors,...
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An Account of Ireland, Statistical and Political, Volume 2

Wakefield, Edward - Ireland - 1812 - 954 pages
...by Bow«W,vol.i. p. 423. J Dr. Adam Smith, speaking of the inhabitants of a country, remarks, that " the more they are instructed, the less liable they...frequently occasion the most dreadful disorders." Wealth of Nations, vol. iii. p. 192. >• e ' that the schoolmasters of Scotland are a most useful...
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Essay on the Beneficial Direction of Rural Expenditure

Robert Aglionby Slaney - Agriculture - 1824 - 260 pages
...trusty devotion during the French Revolution. " The more the people are instructed," says Adam Smith, " the less liable they are to the " delusions of enthusiasm...orderly than an " ignorant and stupid one. They feel them" selves, each individual, more respectable and " more likely to obtain the respect of their law"...
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The Works of Samuel Parr, Ll.D. ...: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings ...

Samuel Parr, John Johnstone - 1828 - 720 pages
...they are instructed, the less liable are they to the delusions of enthusiasm and superstition,which, among ignorant nations, frequently occasion the most...an ignorant and stupid one. They feel themselves, each individually, more respectable, and more likely to obtain the respect of their lawful superiors...
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The Edinburgh Review, Volume 57

English literature - 1833 - 598 pages
...' should not be altogether uninstructed. The state, however, ' derives no inconsiderable advantage from their instruction. ' The more they are instructed,...delusions of enthusiasm and superstition, which, among igno' rant nations, frequently occasion the most dreadful disorders. ' An instructed and intelligent...
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American Annals of Education and Instruction, Volume 3

Education - 1833 - 632 pages
...extended instruction, Adam Smith observes: — ' The more they are instructed, the less liable are they to the delusions of enthusiasm and superstition, which...occasion the most dreadful disorders. An instructed, intelligent people, besides, are always more decent and orderly than an ignorant and stupid one. They...
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American Annals of Education

William Russell, William Channing Woodbridge, Fordyce Mitchell Hubbard - Education - 1833 - 658 pages
...superstition, wliich among ignorant nations frequently occasion the most dreadful disorders. An instructed, intelligent people, besides, are always more decent...an ignorant and stupid one. They feel themselves, each individually, more respectable and more likely to obtain the respect of their lawful superiors...
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On the Classical Tongues and the Advantages of Their Study: An Inaugural ...

Isaac William Stuart - Classical education - 1836 - 234 pages
...they should not be altogether uninstrueted. The State, however, derives no inconsiderable advantage from their instruction. The more they are instructed,...an ignorant and stupid one. They feel themselves, each individually, more respectable, and more likely to obtain the respect of their lawful superiors,...
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