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" 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? And let us with caution indulge the supposition,... "
Christianity and American Democracy - Page 248
by Hugh Heclo - 2009 - 312 pages
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General View of the Agriculture of the County of Argyll: With Observations ...

Agriculture - 1798 - 390 pages
...inftrnments of inveftigation in courts "ofjuftice? And let us with caution indulge the fuppofltion that morality " can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the in" fluence of refined education on minds of peculiar ftructure, reafon and ei" perience both forbid...
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Washington's Political Legacies: To which is Annexed an Appendix, Containing ...

George Washington - Presidents - 1800 - 232 pages
...the pious man, ought to resped and to cherish them. —A volume could not trace all their connecHons with private and public felicity. Let it simply be...maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded of the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure ; reason and experience both forbid...
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Porcupine's Works: Containing Various Writings and Selections ..., Volume 4

William Cobbett - United States - 1801 - 586 pages
...with the pious man, ought to respect and cherish them. A. volume could not trace all their connections with private and public felicity — Let it simply...indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained withput religipn.— Whatever may be conceded to the influence influence of refined education on minds...
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A Real Treasure for a Pious Mind

Meditations - 1806 - 118 pages
...inftriirnents of inveiligation in courts of juftice ? And let us with caution indulge the fuppofidon, that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence cf refined education on minds of peculiar ftrufture, reafon and experience both forbid us to expecl,...
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The Balance, and Columbian Repository, Volume 3

Columbia County (N.Y.) - 1804 - 450 pages
...inftruments of invefligation in the courts ol jufiice ? And let us with caution indulge the fnppofition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence ot refined education ot minds of a peculiar ftruc.ture ; reafon and experience both forbid us to expt...
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The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the Armies of the ...

David Ramsay - Presidents - 1807 - 486 pages
...religious obligation desert the oaths whjch are the instruments of investigation in co.urts of juftice? And let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained with-; out religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar...
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The History of North and South America: From Its Discovery to ..., Volumes 1-2

Richard Snowden - America - 1809 - 396 pages
...pious tian, ought to respect and to cherislfcthem. A volume :ould not trace all their connexions vmh private and public felicity. Let it simply be asked,...morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever m.iy be conceded to the hiiiuence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure.; reason and...
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General View of the Agriculture of the County of Argyle: With Observations ...

Great Britain. Board of Agriculture, John Smith - Agriculture - 1813 - 532 pages
...desert the oaths, which " are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice ? And let u« * with caution indulge the supposition, that morality...religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of re" fined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience " both forbid us to expccl...
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Correlative Claims and Duties; Or, An Essay on "The Necessity of a Church ...

Samuel Charles Wilks - Christianity - 1821 - 620 pages
...felicity. Let it simply be asked, Where is the security for property, for reputation, or for life, if a sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which...religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of a refined education on be valid, all attempts to improve our own church, or any national church, are...
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The North American Review, Volume 163

North American review - 1896 - 818 pages
...habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. . . . And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion." Without the restraining and wholesome influence of Christianity a large percentage of the people, especially...
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