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<add>the</add> second the <add>a</add> scourge of <add>to</add> Flanders, Mary <del>of</del> the 1<hi rend="superscript">st</hi><lb/>of <add>to</add> England, and Charles the <del><gap/></del> <gap/> of <add>to</add> France.<lb/> | |||
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<note>13 <lb/>The effects of <lb/>superstition must <lb/>be taken into the <lb/>account <del>of</del> as well <lb/>as those of laudable <lb/>religion<lb/> | |||
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<p>The common solution of these difficulties is to place <lb/>all the good to the account of religion, and all the <lb/>mischief to the account of superstition. But this<lb/>distinction is a merely verbal one: the thing itself<lb/>is not <sic>alter'd</sic> by a man's choosing <add>making use of</add> the word <del>superstition</del><lb/><add>religion</add> to characterize it by in one case and religion<lb/>in the other. The cause of the effects in question,<lb/>the motive which acts upon the mind is in<lb/>both cases one and the same: it is the <del>hope</del> fear<lb/>of evil or the hope of good at the hands of <note>a being supposed <add>conceived</add> to be <lb/>all-powerful but acknowledged <lb/>to be unknown<lb/> | |||
</note> an all-powerful <lb/>and <add>but</add> unknown being. [This is so true that<lb/>in speaking of the conduct of the same <del>man</del> <add>person</add> on the<lb/>same occasion activated confessedly by the same<lb/>motive, one man shall attribute it to religion<lb/>while another attributes it to superstition.]</p> | |||
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<note>1<del>3</del><add>4</add><lb/>—the bad effects<lb/>as well as the<lb/>good<lb/></note> | |||
Another observation [which is wont to be made on this occasion]<lb/>as trivial as the former and as weak as it is trivial<lb/>is that it is unfair to against the use of a <lb/>thing from the abuse; and that the best <del>thin</del> instruments<lb/>are those which are most mischievous when<lb/>abused.<note>The futility of this <lb/>argument may presently <lb/>be perceived.<lb/></note> <add>Now</add> The <del>goo</del> bad <add>good</add> effects of a thing are what <del>enable</del><lb/> is meant by the abuse <add>use</add> of it: the good <add>bad</add> what are<lb/>meant by the use <add>abuse</add> : to say <add>then</add> that <del>an</del> <gap/> are not to argue<lb/> <note>from</note><lb/><lb/> | |||
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23
Indirect Legislation
the second the a scourge of to Flanders, Mary of the 1st
of to England, and Charles the of to France.
13
13
The effects of
superstition must
be taken into the
account of as well
as those of laudable
religion
The common solution of these difficulties is to place
all the good to the account of religion, and all the
mischief to the account of superstition. But this
distinction is a merely verbal one: the thing itself
is not alter'd by a man's choosing making use of the word superstition
religion to characterize it by in one case and religion
in the other. The cause of the effects in question,
the motive which acts upon the mind is in
both cases one and the same: it is the hope fear
of evil or the hope of good at the hands of a being supposed conceived to be
all-powerful but acknowledged
to be unknown
an all-powerful
and but unknown being. [This is so true that
in speaking of the conduct of the same man person on the
same occasion activated confessedly by the same
motive, one man shall attribute it to religion
while another attributes it to superstition.]
14
134
—the bad effects
as well as the
good
Another observation [which is wont to be made on this occasion]
as trivial as the former and as weak as it is trivial
is that it is unfair to against the use of a
thing from the abuse; and that the best thin instruments
are those which are most mischievous when
abused.The futility of this
argument may presently
be perceived.
Now The goo bad good effects of a thing are what enable
is meant by the abuse use of it: the good bad what are
meant by the use abuse : to say then that an are not to argue
from
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