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<note>The greater its <lb/>force, the worse<lb/>commonly its<lb/>direction<lb/></note> | <note>The greater its <lb/>force, the worse<lb/>commonly its<lb/>direction<lb/></note> | ||
The second and only remaining point to be <lb/>attended to in the culture of the religious sanction<lb/>is the augmentation of its force. <add>[<del>Upon the suppositi</del> Upon the supposition that</add> If the sovereignty<lb/>were placed <add>is vested</add> in such hands that the apparent<lb/>intent of the sovereign co-incides with the intent<lb/>of the people] If the <del>sovereign</del> government<lb/>is <add>were</add> so <sic>order'd</sic> that the sole measure of the conduct <lb/>of the sovereign is the principle of utility, if<lb/>in this case the direction of the force of the religious<lb/> sanction <del>is</del> <add>were</add> absolutely at the <add>his</add> disposal, <del>if</del> <lb/>if the only use that is <add>were</add> made of it <add>service it is were put to</add> is <add>were</add> to correct<lb/>the errors <add>wanderings</add> of the moral sanction, and to supply<lb/>that <del>deficiency</del> <add>failure</add> in point of strength which both<lb/>that and the political both are subject to for <lb/>want of information, the power of it never could<lb/>be too great. Unhappily there <note>have not as yet been</note> are not <add>yet</add> many<lb/>countries in which all [the above <add>these</add>] suppositions<lb/>quadrate with the truth. To judge from <del>the present</del> <add>what is even</add><lb/><add>now the</add> state of some and <del>the former state of all</del> what<lb/><del>even now has bee</del> at some time or other has <add>even</add> been<lb/>the state of all, religion seems to have been in a<lb/>still greater degree the enemy than the instrument<lb/><note>of</note>< | <p>The second and only remaining point to be <lb/>attended to in the culture of the religious sanction<lb/>is the augmentation of its force. <add>[<del>Upon the suppositi</del> Upon the supposition that</add> If the sovereignty<lb/>were placed <add>is vested</add> in such hands that the apparent<lb/>intent of the sovereign co-incides with the intent<lb/>of the people] If the <del>sovereign</del> government<lb/>is <add>were</add> so <sic>order'd</sic> that the sole measure of the conduct <lb/>of the sovereign is the principle of utility, if<lb/>in this case the direction of the force of the religious<lb/> sanction <del>is</del> <add>were</add> absolutely at the <add>his</add> disposal, <del>if</del> <lb/>if the only use that is <add>were</add> made of it <add>service it is were put to</add> is <add>were</add> to correct<lb/>the errors <add>wanderings</add> of the moral sanction, and to supply<lb/>that <del>deficiency</del> <add>failure</add> in point of strength which both<lb/>that and the political both are subject to for <lb/>want of information, the power of it never could<lb/>be too great. Unhappily there <note>have not as yet been</note> are not <add>yet</add> many<lb/>countries in which all [the above <add>these</add>] suppositions<lb/>quadrate with the truth. To judge from <del>the present</del> <add>what is even</add><lb/><add>now the</add> state of some and <del>the former state of all</del> what<lb/><del>even now has bee</del> at some time or other has <add>even</add> been<lb/>the state of all, religion seems to have been in a<lb/>still greater degree the enemy than the instrument<lb/><note>of</note></p> | ||
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Indirect Legislation
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The greater its
force, the worse
commonly its
direction
The second and only remaining point to be
attended to in the culture of the religious sanction
is the augmentation of its force. [Upon the suppositi Upon the supposition that If the sovereignty
were placed is vested in such hands that the apparent
intent of the sovereign co-incides with the intent
of the people] If the sovereign government
is were so order'd that the sole measure of the conduct
of the sovereign is the principle of utility, if
in this case the direction of the force of the religious
sanction is were absolutely at the his disposal, if
if the only use that is were made of it service it is were put to is were to correct
the errors wanderings of the moral sanction, and to supply
that deficiency failure in point of strength which both
that and the political both are subject to for
want of information, the power of it never could
be too great. Unhappily there have not as yet been are not yet many
countries in which all [the above these] suppositions
quadrate with the truth. To judge from the present what is even
now the state of some and the former state of all what
even now has bee at some time or other has even been
the state of all, religion seems to have been in a
still greater degree the enemy than the instrument
of
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