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<head>OBSTACLES. PREJUGES - DIVINES Legislators corrupted by them.</head> | |||
<p>That state of prepared imbecility which <add>is necessary to</add> fits a man <add><unclear>mind</unclear></add> <note>expand</note><lb/> for the <add>tranquil</add> reception of one parcel of Nonsense, fits it for<lb/>another: any one supposing the establishment of the principle<lb/> either of non-examination, or of implicit aquiescence<lb/>and that principle once established will do for any<lb/> thing else</p> | |||
<p>Who when they have taught their <add>stuffed the memory of</add> [noble] Pupil <del>to</del> <add>with</add><lb/> <del><unclear>such</unclear> common place sentim</del>ents <add>a <del><gap/></del> quantity of</add> in a language spoken <lb/>2000 years ago instead of that which men speak now<lb/>and <del>twisted into</del> <add>made to <gap/></add> in a certain particular <sic>outher</sic> than<lb/> | |||
in<lb/></p> | |||
<p>& taught him to say that <unclear>adversity</unclear> is best as <add>with</add> Ovid<lb/>did, & that all men must die, as <add>with</add> Horace<lb/></p> | |||
<p>while there principles of simple & unsophisticated philosophy<lb/> on which alone the <add>sole basis for</add> any <add>liberal & </add> consistent system of <del>modern</del> political<lb/>& moral conduct can be [built] <add>erected</add> founded, <note>The <del><gap/></del> knowledge <gap/> <unclear>how</unclear> measures of right & wrong <add>of</add> the <del><gap/> <gap/></del> <add>value of human</add> Testimony, the <add><gap/></add> <gap/> of every human energy, the source of every human intelligence.</note> are industrious<lb/>and with the more success because commonly not without<lb/>sincerity, <gap/> to be kept hidden from their<lb/>views — [principles which <add>thus</add> they are led to pick up at</p> | |||
<p>They preach <gap/>, so long as they are watched,<lb/>as idle school-boys say their lesson: or when hardpressed<lb/>by the adversary as Sailors fall to their prayers whose<lb/> <del><gap/> <gap/></del> causes a storm: the storm over they go back<lb/> again to their oaths, as those do <unclear>their</unclear> mysteries & <lb/>their metaphors.</p> | |||
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<p>hazard & by <gap/>, from conversation from books which<lb/> <del><gap/></del> they may have the good fortune to have come <add><gap/></add> into their hands<lb/>by stealth, or after the attendance of their Don Pedro <gap/> is<lb/>How should they [not be anxious<lb/>when they know, that the very moment which is the <add>lets the</add><lb/>light of true Philosophy into his mind.</p> | |||
<p>first of this [illumination] will be the last of<lb/>their own <add>influence</add> power<del>?</del>: when he <add>is <unclear>awakened</unclear> as from a dream, & comes to see that the persons</add> [sees], to whom the<lb/>charge of filling <add><gap/></add> it with useful ..... <add><unclear>furniture</unclear></add> is committed<lb/>is bound by profession, by character, by <add>an</add> engagement<lb/> <add>[which <add>for once</add> <add>they have fulfilled]</add> to keep the principal apartment in it empty, or<lb/>to fill it up with ..... <add><gap/> such</add> rubbish <add>as has got a <gap/></add></p> | |||
<p>Men are <add>therefore</add> much mistaken, when they think that<lb/> ..........<!-- line left blank --><lb/> rests there </p> | |||
<p>He stamps the figure <add>impression</add> upon the <add>tender</add> infant mind <del>upon</del> <add>of</add> his<lb/>mutilated & stunted <add>distorted</add> intellect</p> | |||
<p>A man who after reading the scriptures, can bring<lb/>himself to <gap/> the doctrines of the <gap/><lb/><unclear>creed</unclear> are there, or to <add>could</add> believe them if they were any<lb/>where, his mind if not already blotted over with<lb/>..... <add><del><gap/></del></add> <gap/> <unclear>chimeras</unclear> is a sheet of blank<lb/>paper, on which any one who will press hard enough<lb/>may write what scrawl he pleases.</p> | |||
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OBSTACLES. PREJUGES - DIVINES Legislators corrupted by them.
That state of prepared imbecility which is necessary to fits a man mind expand
for the tranquil reception of one parcel of Nonsense, fits it for
another: any one supposing the establishment of the principle
either of non-examination, or of implicit aquiescence
and that principle once established will do for any
thing else
Who when they have taught their stuffed the memory of [noble] Pupil to with
such common place sentiments a quantity of in a language spoken
2000 years ago instead of that which men speak now
and twisted into made to in a certain particular outher than
in
& taught him to say that adversity is best as with Ovid
did, & that all men must die, as with Horace
while there principles of simple & unsophisticated philosophy
on which alone the sole basis for any liberal & consistent system of modern political
& moral conduct can be [built] erected founded, The knowledge how measures of right & wrong of the value of human Testimony, the of every human energy, the source of every human intelligence. are industrious
and with the more success because commonly not without
sincerity, to be kept hidden from their
views — [principles which thus they are led to pick up at
They preach , so long as they are watched,
as idle school-boys say their lesson: or when hardpressed
by the adversary as Sailors fall to their prayers whose
causes a storm: the storm over they go back
again to their oaths, as those do their mysteries &
their metaphors.
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hazard & by , from conversation from books which
they may have the good fortune to have come into their hands
by stealth, or after the attendance of their Don Pedro is
How should they [not be anxious
when they know, that the very moment which is the lets the
light of true Philosophy into his mind.
first of this [illumination] will be the last of
their own influence power?: when he is awakened as from a dream, & comes to see that the persons [sees], to whom the
charge of filling it with useful ..... furniture is committed
is bound by profession, by character, by an engagement
[which <add>for once they have fulfilled] to keep the principal apartment in it empty, or
to fill it up with ..... such rubbish as has got a
Men are therefore much mistaken, when they think that
..........
rests there
He stamps the figure impression upon the tender infant mind upon of his
mutilated & stunted distorted intellect
A man who after reading the scriptures, can bring
himself to the doctrines of the
creed are there, or to could believe them if they were any
where, his mind if not already blotted over with
..... chimeras is a sheet of blank
paper, on which any one who will press hard enough
may write what scrawl he pleases.
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