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159)
CRIT. JUR. – CRIM.
effected every should the demerit if one should have hoped, for almost any errors which a man
could fall into.
Mr Voltaire in the all his numerous writings
has never ceased to pay homage to this principle: but
this authority however forcible with some, would gi
contribute very little & give it currency with the
bulk of moralists moralizers, who had rather be wrong with
any body else than right with Mr Voltaire.
The extension of the same principle to morals, gave rendered
it particular obnoxious unsurmountable disgust to a numerous and distinguished
class of moralists, who seemed jealous of it,
as if the tendency of it were to rob mans' human nature
of those principles in it which render it most amenable.
Chatcher
A numerous tribe of anonymous writers in whom the
acrimony they have shewn in their attacks against
religion in general, has been more conspicuous than
any strength or regularity which they have displayed in the manner of
conducting them, have mostly however had this merit in common,
that they have professed to take this principle
for their standard.
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